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Connie Nielsen who has played pivotal roles in such English-language films as GLADIATOR THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE and RUSHMORE is the powerful and emotional heart of BROTHERS a moving Danish film set in her home country Directed by Susanne Bier (who made the Dogme 95 film OPEN HEARTS) BROTHERS tells the story of two very different brothers Jannik (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) is a drunken loser who has just been released from prison for bank robbery and assault while Michael (Ulrich Thomsen) is a well-respected army major and family man with a wife Sarah (Nielsen) and two kids But when Michael goes off on a mission to Afghanistan to rescue a captured radar man his helicopter is shot down and he is assumed to have been killed in action The news devastates Sarah and her in-laws while Jannik becomes more reckless before stepping in to help her and the kids build a new life But as Jannik and Sarah grow close it is discovered that Michael has survived - and has done something that haunts him and threatens everything and everyone Bier's film is filled with tender moments as well as bitter frightening fast-paced scenes that are hard to forget Nielsen is a standout as Sarah who tries to balance love and loss and then love again with a man she's not sure she knows anymore

Thought-provoking drama from Denmark. Successful professional soldier Michael (Ulrich Thomsen) has a beautiful wife (Connie Nielsen) and two loving daughters, while his brother Jannik (Nicolaj Lie Kaas) is a drifter living on the edge of the law. When Michael is sent to Afghanistan on a UN peacekeeping mission, he is reported as missing in action, presumed dead. His wife Sarah is comforted by Jannik, who decides to reform his life and begins taking care of Michael's family. Jannik and Sarah find their realtionship growing closer and more intimate, but neither of them is prepared when Michael unexpectedly returns from his captivity in Afghanistan, psychologically scarred after having been brutally tortured.