My Brother the Devil

Two brothers from Hackney, London have to confront their inner demons during a bloody summer that will change their lives forever. Fourteen-year-old Mo looks up to his big brother Rashid, a well respected gangster. Mo’s first drug delivery goes wrong and leads to a dramatic string of events which threaten to ruin the lives of the two brothers. Rashid turns out to be different to what Mo believed, and Mo developes an intense hate towards his brother. My Brother the Devil is both clever and engaging in its take on common challenges in immigrant families. El Hosaini’s film is nuanced and complex, but not without warmth and hope. man

Suitable only for persons 15 years or over.

Egyptian-Welsh Sally El Hosaini makes her feature film debut with My Brother the Devil, which won Best Cinematography at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and the Europa Cinema Label Award in Berlin. El Hosaini has also worked with the mini-series House of Saddam (2008) and the same year she directed her first short film, The Fifth Bowl, which won a regional BAFTA Award.