Brother

Directed by Aleksei Balabanov

Produced by CTB Film Company, Gorky Film Studios

A bleak, morally corroded crime drama where familial bonds become instruments of corruption and entrapment in a brutal underworld.

Danila goes to his successful brother, Victor, in Petersburg to start a new life. Unknown to Danila, Victor is a contract killer, but is in hiding after asking for too much money to assassinate a Chechen mob boss. To avoid exposure, Victor convinces Danila to kill the boss instead.