{{short description|2004 film directed by Lúcia Murat}} {{Infobox film | image = Almost Brothers.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Lúcia Murat | producer = Ailton Franco Jr.<br>Branca Murat | writer = Paulo Lins<br>Lúcia Murat | starring = Caco Ciocler<br>Flavio Bauraqui<br>Werner Schünemann<br>Antônio Pompêo | music = Nana Vasconcelos | cinematography = Jacob Solitrenick | editing = Mair Tavares | studio = Taiga Filmes<br>Ceneca Producciones<br>TS Productions | distributor = Imovision | released = {{Film date|2004|9||Festival do Rio|2005|4|1|Brazil}} | runtime = 102 minutes | country = Brazil<br>Chile<br>France | language = Portuguese | budget = | gross = 460,087<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oca.ancine.gov.br/media/SAM/DadosMercado/2102.pdf |title=Filmes Brasileiros Lançados - 1995 a 2013 |publisher=Ancine |accessdate=June 16, 2014 |language=Portuguese |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327102342/http://oca.ancine.gov.br/media/SAM/DadosMercado/2102.pdf |archivedate=March 27, 2014 |url-status=dead |page=29 }}</ref> }}
'''''Almost Brothers''''' ({{langx|pt|Quase Dois Irmãos}}) is a 2004 Brazilian film. It was directed by Lúcia Murat and written by Murat and Paulo Lins.<ref name="credits">{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/315394/Almost-Brothers/details|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025214125/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/315394/Almost-Brothers/details|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 October 2012|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=2012|title=Almost Brothers - Cast, Crew, Director, and Awards|accessdate=23 November 2009}}</ref> Switching back and forth in time between the 1970s and the 2000s, the film follows the friendship between a middle-class left-wing political activist and a criminal from Rio de Janeiro's favelas.<ref name="holden">{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2005/07/01/movies/01brot.html|title=Almost Brothers (2004): Friendship as a Frail Bridge Across the Chasm of Class|last=Holden|first=Stephen|date=2005-07-01|work=The New York Times|accessdate=23 November 2009}}</ref>
==Cast== *Caco Ciocler Miguel (1970s) **Werner Schünemann - Miguel (2000s) **Brunno Abrahão - Miguel (1950s) *Flávio Bauraqui - Jorginho (1970s) **Antônio Pompêo - Jorginho (2000s) **Pablo Ricardo Belo - Jorginho (1950s) *Maria Flor - Juliana *Fernando Alves Pinto - Peninha *Marieta Severo - Helena *Luiz Melodia - Seu Jorge *Cristina Aché - Miguel's mother (1970s) *Lúcia Alves - Miguel's mother (2000s) *Márcio Vito *Babu Santana - Pingão *Renato de Souza - Deley<ref name="cast">{{cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/315394/Almost-Brothers/cast|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025221025/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/315394/Almost-Brothers/cast|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 October 2012|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=2012|title=Almost Brothers - Cast|accessdate=23 November 2009}}</ref>
==Production== It was produced by Brazilian studio Taiga Filmes in a co-production with Ceneca Producciones from Chile and TS Productions from France.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://tvbrasil.ebc.com.br/soylocoporticinema/episodio/quase-dois-irmaos | title=Quase Dois Irmãos | date=4 February 2013 | publisher=Empresa Brasil de Comunicação | accessdate=June 16, 2014 | language=Portuguese}}</ref> With a budget of almost R$3 million, it was shot in Rio de Janeiro on March, June, and July 2003.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://redeglobo.globo.com/Tv_globo/Noticias/0,,MUL1287121-16162,00-SESSAO+BRASIL+EXIBE+O+FILME+INEDITO+QUASE+DOIS+IRMAOS+SEGUNDA+DIA.html | title=Sessão Brasil exibe o filme inédito 'Quase Dois Irmãos', segunda, dia 31 | date=August 31, 2009 | publisher=Rede Globo | accessdate=June 16, 2014 | language=Portuguese | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715000707/http://redeglobo.globo.com/Tv_globo/Noticias/0,,MUL1287121-16162,00-SESSAO+BRASIL+EXIBE+O+FILME+INEDITO+QUASE+DOIS+IRMAOS+SEGUNDA+DIA.html | archive-date=July 15, 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
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Category:2004 films Category:Brazilian drama films Category:Films about the Brazilian military dictatorship Category:Films directed by Lúcia Murat Category:Films set in Rio de Janeiro (city) Category:Films set in the 1970s Category:Films set in the 2000s Category:Films shot in Rio de Janeiro (city) Category:2004 drama films Category:2004 Portuguese-language films Category:2004 Brazilian films {{2000s-Brazil-film-stub}}