Spotlight: Broys (Braty)

BRATY (BROYS)
by Marcin Filipowicz

2022, 82min
Language: In Polish with English subtitles

with Hubert Milkowski, Sebastian Dela, Cezary Lukaszewicz

Director’s Statement

„Broys” is an intimate, black-and-white coming-of-age film, told from the point of view of a sensitive teenager, saturated with the atmosphere of youth and skateboarding. I am telling the story of a fascinating inner world of an adolescent boy at a stage in his life when he is completely lost and confused by everything – the relationship with his brother and father after the sudden death of his mother, his feelings for his brother’s girlfriend and, most of all, himself. This is the time for searching for your place in the world, felling your way towards your own identity and sensitivity. The protagonist has to grow up overnight and face the difficult choice between his own vision of the world and the expectations of his loved ones.

Synopsis

Filip is seventeen, but he is still a kid who loves skateboarding. His older brother will soon leave the family home to live on his own, but he is still a strong presence in Filip’s life and tries to prepare him for adulthood. The two brothers have to deal with the recent loss of their mother and with the father whose grief and depression isolate him from the rest of the world and push him towards hard drugs. The broys, prematurely forced to fend for themselves, try to enjoy their last moments of their seemingly carefree lives. They skateboard, kill time roaming around the suburbs, roll joints, have sex in the first sports cars, and then use them to burn rubber in deserted hangars. Little do they know that their brotherhood is about to be put to the toughest test yet.