Brother

I do agree that the location being St. Petersburg in Brother was significant because it was the main area where much of crime was taking place which played a decent role to the movie itself since it was about crime and mafias. My first reaction to the film was that it did not have the feel to a cinema film like the other films we have watched did. It was filmed more like a documentry more then anything else. The background music fit the storyline of the film when Danila keeps returning to the same shop to purchase more music, and keeps asking if there is any music to listen to. I thought it was humorous when he tells the French man at the club like building that him and Kat are at and tells him that his American music is -put lightly, crap. I felt that most of the scenes were short and ended at an abrupt point. It seems though along with this film that the women portrayed are either beaten, raped, or under the influence of alcohol and drugs during the 80's and 90's. My favorite character besides Danila is "German" because of his good nature as a friend to Danila throughout the film.