Mon frère

This film reminds me LES HAUTS MURS, another film made in 2008 and adapted from an Auguste Le Breton's novel. Here we find the same atmosphere, same kind of characters and the relationships that exist between them. A very accurate picture of young delinquents, most of them raised by foster families, who never knew their actual parents, who never grew with love, affection or friendship. But I think it could have been better, more moving. The potential was there but the film makers seemed to hesitate to go further. Acting is over the top, except the scene where the mother meets her boys after several years. She should have been surprised, astonished, but no, she seemed to wait for them after only one week end of separation. I would also have preferred another darker ending.