Tussen Broers
Filmmaker Tom Fassaert follows his father Rob and Rob’s older brother René in Tussen Broers, two elderly men who could hardly be more different, yet are inextricably bound to one another.
René lives in seclusion in a house slowly overtaken by objects and memories. Rob is his regular visitor, conversation partner, and anchor to the outside world. Their time together unfolds in a familiar pattern of care and resistance, sharpness and humor, closeness and distance. Fassaert observes their encounters with visible patience and affection, finding an unexpected lightness in their mutual friction.
After the death of their mother, the brothers decide to set out together in search of traces of their father, who left them as young children and disappeared without a trace. The road trip takes them through archives, landscapes, and conversations that gradually reveal more than just facts. Along the way, the dynamic between the brothers shifts, and their shared past takes on new meaning.
As in his previous film A Family Affair, Tussen Broers moves with the naturalness of fiction and the honesty of documentary. Fassaert films with a keen eye for composition and rhythm, and with deep involvement in his subjects. The result is a warm, tragicomic, and deeply human portrait of brotherhood, in which the search for a missing father evolves into a larger question: Is it possible to leave behind the burden of your family history? Can you choose to do things differently?
- Direction
- Tom Fassaert
- Cast
- Rob Fassaert (Zichzelf), René Fassaert (Zichzelf)
- Duration
- 106 min
- RELEASE
- Thu 9 Apr
- Year
- 2025
- Country
- The Netherlands
- Language
- Dutch
- Subtitles
- Dutch