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  • Summary: Thomas and Luc are brothers. Thomas is straight; Luc is gay. Unable to accept his brother's homosexuality, Thomas distances himself. When Thomas contracts a terminal illness, he intrudes into Luc's contented life and asks him to be his caretaker. (Strand Releasing)

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  1. Positive: 9 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 10
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  1. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    100
    Beneath its surface of chronic suffering and hospital details, Chereau's best drama etches a humane, sensitive, and richly moving portrait of fraternal love struggling to mitigate human frailty.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Dana Stevens
    90
    Stringent, clinical and almost unbearably moving.
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Michael Rechtshaffen
    60
    While its two credible leads are certainly up to the challenge, there's a relentless claustrophobia that prevents the film from taking on a fully dimensional life of its own.

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