Monday, February 28, 2011

Brothers

Spoiler alert!

When her daughters let two uniformed soldiers in the front door Sarah knows Michael has been killed in Afghanistan. (0:15)

Sarah tells Jannik that his brother Michael is dead. (0:17)

Jannik and his mother Else share grief over Michael's death. (0:20)

Michael's daughter Natalia asks her mother, "Is Dad really dead?" (0:22)

Memorial service in church. (0:22)

Sarah cries on the steering wheel while stopped at a stoplight. (0:33)

Michael's father Henning tells Jannik, "You can't whine about something that's over." (0:36)

Jannik and Sarah discuss making amends to the bank employee he assaulted: "She'd had counseling and hadn't slept properly in three years." (0:41)

Michael compulsively rearranges dishes in the kitchen cabinet. (1:12)

Michael tells Sarah he believes she slept with Jannik. (1:19)

At the dinner table Henning says, "Today people need therapy when they fall off their bikes." (1:32)

Michael goes "berserk." (1:36)

Michael tells police, "Shoot me." (1:40)

Michael cries when Sarah demands that he tell her what happened in Afghanistan. (1:49)

How would you diagnose Michael? Delusional Disorder? Posttraumatic Stress Disorder? Does he feel so guilty about killing his comrade Niels that he believes he deserves betrayal by his brother and his wife? How would you treat him in psychotherapy?

Bereavement | Delusional Disorder: Jealous Type | Posttraumatic Stress Disordersuicide by cop | survivor guilt

Remade as the American film "Brothers":

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