Brothers (2009) on Netflix
Marine captain Sam Cahill leaves his wife Grace and their daughters for a tour in Afghanistan. His brother Tommy, out of prison, reenters the family's life when Sam's helicopter goes down.
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Plot summary
Marine captain Sam Cahill is respected by his fellow Marines and by his family, above all by his father Hank, a former Marine himself. His wife Grace, his high school sweetheart, and their daughters Isabelle and Maggie see little of him because of his tours in Afghanistan, and Isabelle resents the absences. Tommy, Sam's younger brother, comes home from prison on parole after an armed robbery as Sam is about to deploy, and Hank makes clear at a family dinner what he thinks of Tommy's past. When Sam's helicopter is shot down and the government declares him killed in action, Tommy becomes a constant presence in the lives of Grace and the girls.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Brothers (2009)
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- Both this film, directed by Jim Sheridan, and the 2004 Danish original it remakes, directed by Susanne Bier, draw inspiration from Homer's ancient epic poem the Odyssey.
- The original 2004 Danish version of the film was later turned into an opera by Icelandic composer Daníel Bjarnason, premiered at the Musikhuset Aarhus on 16 August 2017.
- U2 contributed an original song, "Winter," to the soundtrack, which went on to earn a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Song.
