Nour is 14 years old and is about to spend a summer filled with the misadventures of his older brothers, his mother’s illness, and community service work.
His meeting with Sarah, an opera singer, will open up new horizons for him…
With a charmingly novelistic approach, very lively yet firmly rooted in a remarkably observed and portrayed reality, Mes frères et moi stands out due to its determined effort not to be stigmatizing (to the extent that the director chose not to situate his story, neither in specific places nor times).
The stigmatization and its opposite—the excess of good sentiments—are so carefully avoided that Nour finds the space to simply exist on his own, transcending everyone’s expectations—those of his siblings and societal norms.
A finely conducted social chronicle, an engaging coming-of-age story, Mes frères et moi wins people over with its sincerity and its indescribably fresh material. It is a film that, without naivety or manipulation, offers a profound sense of well-being.
