Brethren is a Canadian drama film, directed by Dennis Zahoruk and released in 1976.Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 32. The film centres on three estranged adult brothers returning to their small hometown to attend the funeral of their abusive and unloving father.Günter Ott, "Ontario Gothic". Cinema Canada, December–January 1976.
The film stars Thomas Hauff, Kenneth Welsh, Richard Fitzpatrick, Candace O'Connor and Sandra Scott.
It was a Canadian Film Award nominee for Best Picture at the 27th Canadian Film Awards.Robert Martin, "Lots of dark horses in film awards race". The Globe and Mail, September 14, 1976. Zahoruk was awarded a Special Jury Prize in recognition of directing his first feature film."The Winners: The Canadian Film Awards 1976". Cinema Canada, December–January 1976.
The film was subsequently broadcast on television in 1977.
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