Son Frère (His Brother) (2003)

The movie brings disease back to metaphoric ground zero and, in the process, links the sick and the healthy in one significant but often overlooked manner: We're all prisoners of our own bodies. Full Review

An observant little film that plays like a poignant étude. Full Review

It's as honest as it is agonizing. Full Review

Both [Todeschini] and Caravaca do a great deal with very little histrionics to make auds care for two brothers who are clearly re-learning to appreciate their family ties, but who only rarely confront... Full Review

Just the quiet drama of two brothers, briefly reunited in their old Nantes neighborhood. Just the small essential struggle of one man, trying to make sense of a life before it's gone. Full Review

Hushed, clinical, grimly paced, and moving. Full Review

A harrowingly accurate portrait of the indignities sometimes suffered by hospitalized patients -- and the sacrifices their families make.

Insightful and often painful to watch, Patrice Chereau's sensitive drama captures the reality of chronic illness. Full Review

Patrice Chereau's film is not always pleasant to sit through, but it has the raw, unsettling power, and the surprising tenderness, of a Lucian Freud painting brought to life. Full Review

An unsentimental, almost uninflected, account of a preparation for death, told with a painful clarity that eventually bleeds into compassion. Full Review