Sometimes the qualities that make something really beautiful are the hardest to put into words, and to me "Brother" falls into this category. The character Francis profoundly loves those closest to him, and his love for his boyfriend cruelly leads him to events ultimately resulting in his tragic death. Francis' mother and his brother Michael are devastated, and it is the depth of Francis' love for his brother and his unshakable belief in him that give Michael the courage to rise up as the man he must be to rescue his mother and himself from life-destroying despair. To me, this realization came into focus at the movie's end as the brothers are finally sitting down together at the top of the electic tower they climbed together, with Francis glancing at his brother as if to say "I love and value you so much that I couldn't stand to lose you, but I KNEW that you could do it".
Review of Brother
