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Mio fratello è figlio unico

  • 2007
  • R
  • 1h 48m
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Mio fratello è figlio unico (2007)
This is the theatrical trailer for My Brother Is an Only Child (Mio fratello è figlio unico), directed by Daniele Luchetti.
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Two brothers come of age in a small Italian town in the '60s and '70s.Two brothers come of age in a small Italian town in the '60s and '70s.Two brothers come of age in a small Italian town in the '60s and '70s.

  • Director
    • Daniele Luchetti
  • Writers
    • Antonio Pennacchi
    • Daniele Luchetti
    • Sandro Petraglia
  • Stars
    • Elio Germano
    • Riccardo Scamarcio
    • Angela Finocchiaro
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
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    • Director
      • Daniele Luchetti
    • Writers
      • Antonio Pennacchi
      • Daniele Luchetti
      • Sandro Petraglia
    • Stars
      • Elio Germano
      • Riccardo Scamarcio
      • Angela Finocchiaro
    • 25User reviews
    • 95Critic reviews
    • 71Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 19 wins & 29 nominations

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    My Brother Is An Only Child: I'm A Complete Man
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    My Brother Is An Only Child: Concert
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    My Brother Is An Only Child: Revolutionary Talk
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    My Brother Is An Only Child: In The Woods
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    Elio Germano and Riccardo Scamarcio in Mio fratello è figlio unico (2007)
    Elio Germano and Riccardo Scamarcio in Mio fratello è figlio unico (2007)
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    Elio Germano and Diane Fleri in Mio fratello è figlio unico (2007)
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    Elio Germano
    Elio Germano
    • Accio
    Riccardo Scamarcio
    Riccardo Scamarcio
    • Manrico
    Angela Finocchiaro
    Angela Finocchiaro
    • Amelia Benassi
    Massimo Popolizio
    Massimo Popolizio
    • Ettore Benassi
    Ascanio Celestini
    Ascanio Celestini
    • Padre Cavalli
    Diane Fleri
    Diane Fleri
    • Francesca
    Alba Rohrwacher
    Alba Rohrwacher
    • Violetta Benassi
    Vittorio Emanuele Propizio
    • Accio adolescent
    Claudio Botosso
    • Prof. Montagna
    Antonino Bruschetta
    Antonino Bruschetta
    • Segretario Bombacci
    • (as Ninni Bruschetta)
    Anna Bonaiuto
    Anna Bonaiuto
    • Bella Nastri
    Luca Zingaretti
    Luca Zingaretti
    • Mario Nastri
    Pasquale Sammarco
    • Padre Tosi
    Lorenzo Pagani
    • Bertini
    Matteo Sacchi
    • Ragazzo Biliardino
    Gianluca Viola
    • Nipoto Bombacci
    Vincenzo Santillo
    • Piermario
    Alessandro Vicca
    • Lupo
    • Director
      • Daniele Luchetti
    • Writers
      • Antonio Pennacchi
      • Daniele Luchetti
      • Sandro Petraglia
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    8/10
    Politics and family, Italian style
    Luchetti's film ('Il mio fratello è figlio unico') goes from the Sixties into the Seventies in Italy following two brothers from a communist working-class family. Accio Benano, the rebellious younger one, who drops out of seminary very quickly, gives in to the constant indoctrination of a much older bus driver pal named Mario (Luca Zingaretti) and joins the fascist party. Then he falls in love with Francesca (Diane Fleri), the girlfriend (the first of a series) of his Lothario older brother Manrico (blue-eyed dreamboat Riccardo Scamarcio). Manrico becomes a leftist leader in '68 and moves on to terrorist activities in the Seventies. Accio's black-shirt cohorts cause their share of bother too, of course, but they are depicted as both inept and betraying Accio's confidence. Eventually the latter realizes he's a leftist too at heart. (He only adopted fascism because he wanted to be contrary.) This change in Accio comes almost in time to save Manrico from big trouble.

    It took me a while to adjust to the shift in actors when Accio goes from early to late teens. No doubt Elio Germano was an inevitable choice for the older Accio because of his sweet, ironic presence: he's a lovely actor. But the younger actor, Vittorio Emanuele Propizio, and the incidents Accio's involved in early on, project a spirit of fun and craziness that I missed thereafter. In fact, the promise of the early sequences gets dissipated in what becomes an increasingly plodding (and overly telescoped) series of events as Accio's and Manrico's politics, love lives, and family involvements criss-cross over the years.

    Reports from those who've read Antonio Pennacchi's amusingly titled novel 'Il fasciocommunista' say the movie lightens things up, but Sandro Petraglia and Stefano Rulli, who collaborated on the screen adaptation, seem to have gotten bogged down and too literally followed the story after those light-hearted and promising beginnings. Mind you, Petraglia and Rulli are no slouches: they also scripted the recent 'Criminal Romance' (veteran actor Michele Placido's 2005 directorial debut, which also features Scamarcio) as well as the highly successful theatrically released TV miniseries 'The Best of Youth,' whose decade-sweeping plot this film's somewhat echoes.

    A memorable set piece shows Manrico introducing a '68 reworking of Beethovan's 'Ode to Joy' with revolutionary lyrics. During the performance Mario's fascist hooligans move in, and their targeting his own brother leads to Accio's final break with the right.

    The family's base is Latina, a town created by Mussolini south of Rome, which makes an ever-present reminder of heavy Italian legacies. Mario represents the element who refuse to erase or forget the nation's fascist past. He argues (among other things) that there's a worthwhile legacy of architecture. Indeed fascist architecture does have a certain kitsch charm one ought not reject too easily; and an inability to come to terms with the fascist past is surely one of the main reasons for Italy's muddled self-image. This story is a stab at dealing with that psychological issue in a healthy way.

    'My Brother Is an Only Child,' which was rejected by the Cannes jury for Official Entry status, lacks the fluidity of Gabriele Muccino's 'Io come te nessuno mai' (which, though very different, comes to mind for its blending of coming of age, family conflict, and politics) but it has a kind of vernacular vigor. It's true, Italian cinema continues to go through a largely lackluster period, and Italian film-goers appear to have been bitterly disappointed with Luchetti's latest. That's a bit of a shame, because there is a lot of charm and humanity here, and for anyone interested in Italy and its modern history, this should be required viewing.

    Seen during a limited run in Paris, October 17, 2007.
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    • Release date
      • April 20, 2007 (Italy)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • France
    • Official sites
      • Celluloid Dreams
      • Official site (Spain)
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • My Brother Is an Only Child
    • Filming locations
      • Latina, Lazio, Italy
    • Production companies
      • Cattleya
      • Babe Film
      • Film Commission Torino-Piemonte
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • €5,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $255,620
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $9,357
      • Mar 30, 2008
    • Gross worldwide
      • $12,894,062
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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