Winter Brothers
Winter Brothers is a 2017 Danish-Icelandic drama film written and directed by Hlynur Pálmason, in his feature-length film debut. It stars Elliott Crosset Hove and Simon Sears as a pair of limestone worker brothers, whose disparate traits collide as issues of masculinity, isolation, and brotherly love are broached. The film won numerous awards, including two Bodil Awards and nine Robert Awards—each of which resulted in victories from their respective ceremonies' highest honor, Best Danish Film.
Release
Winter Brothers debuted in the Concorso Internazionale section at the 2017 Locarno Film Festival on 3 August 2017. It was screened in the Discovery section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. It later premiered in the USA at the 47th annual New Directors/New Films Festival at Lincoln Center in Manhattan, NYC.Reception
Critical response
Film critic Jessica Kiang of Variety magazine called the film "an impressively original, auspiciously idiosyncratic debut, one that scratches away at truths about masculinity, lovelessness, and isolation, that are no less true for being all but inexpressible". Film critic Neil Young of The Hollywood Reporter called it "a confidently handled, promisingly edgy feature debut from Copenhagen-based, Icelandic writer-director Hlynur Pálmason".Accolades
Winter Brothers won the 2018 Danish Film and Best Cinematography. Both Elliott Crosset Hove and Simon Sears received nominations for Best Lead Actor and Best Supporting Actor, respectively, for portraying the titular brothers.At the 2018 Robert Awards, the film won the Robert Award for Best Danish Film, as well as eight other merit awards: Pàlmason for Best Director, Crosset Hove for Best Lead Actor, Vic Carmen Sonne for Best Supporting Actress, as well as the Roberts for Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Sound Design, Best Costume Design, and the Robert Award for Best Makeup. In addition, both Sears and Lars Mikkelsen earned Best Supporting Actor nominations. The film earned three further nominations in the categories of Best Screenplay, Best Editing, and Best Score.