This Russian Movies Weekend won’t show you any animation. But instead you can watch Brat and Brat 2, two movies by Alexey Balabanov, which both became a cult right after their releases. I’m not a big fan of the main character/the actor, but the story and filming are really good in my opinion.
Unfortunately, though both these movies are available online in good HD quality, they lack subtitles other than Russian. So I had to make two torrents for you, with 15 languages in each of them. If you don’t see your subs language, check OpenSubtitles.org
Brother / Брат / Brat (1997)
Genres/Tags: Crime, Drama, Romance
iMDB Rating: 8.0 out of 10 (based on 14996 ratings)
Director: Aleksey Balabanov
Starring: Sergey Bodrov, Viktor Sukhorukov, Svetlana Pismichenko
Budget: ~10.000-20.000 USD
MKV Size: 3.7 GB
Video format: h264, 1920×1080
Languages: Russian Audio, MULTi15 subtitles
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Description
Newly discharged from the army, Danila goes to his older brother – a gangster and a killer – to start a new life in St. Petersburg where he’s soon situated in the criminal world and asked to kill someone. There his new life starts. He meets new people, including a girl, and becomes a big fan of the rock band “Nautilus Pompillius,” but now he is a killer, and realizing killing is easier for him than living makes him understand he is going the wrong way.
Poor YouTube Video in 10 parts
Brother 2 / Брат 2 / Brat 2 (2000)
Genres/Tags: Action, Crime, Thriller
iMDB Rating: 7.8 out of 10 (based on 10980 ratings)
Director: Aleksey Balabanov
Starring: Sergey Bodrov, Viktor Sukhorukov, Sergey Makovetskiy
Budget: ~1.500.000 USD
MKV Size: 4.8 GB
Video format: h264, 1920×1080
Languages: Russian Audio, MULTi15 standalone subtitles
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Description
Danila Bagrov meets his army buddy Konstantin Gromov in Moscow, with whom he fought in Chechnya. The friend tells Danila about his twin brother Dmitry, who is a professional hockey player in America. However, the team owner, in cahoots with his Russian partner, has swindled the young star into an oppressive contract, allowing them to rob him blind. Several days after this conversation, Danila finds Konstantin dead. In order to straighten things out and avenge his friend, Danila goes to Chicago.
