Agnes and His Brothers

Plot

Three very different siblings: Hans-Jörg, a librarian who is a sex addict; Werner, a politician in a troubled marriage with a son who enjoys discrediting his father; Martin, who is now Agnes after having a gender-reassignment operation. Agnes works as a dancer and is suffering from unrequited love.

Cast

Martin Weiß as Agnes Tschirner

Moritz Bleibtreu as Hans-Jörg Tschirner

Herbert Knaup as Werner Tschirner

Katja Riemann as Signe

Tom Schilling as Ralf

Suzan Anbeh as Desiree

Vadim Glowna as Günther

Margit Carstensen as Roxy

Lee Daniels as Henry

Marie Zielcke as Nadine

Oliver Korittke as Rudi

Martin Semmelrogge as Manni Moneto

Martin Feifel as Hannes

Sven Martinek as Jürgen

Til Schweiger as Freund in Bibliothek

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 40% of 20 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.1/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 46 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.