My Brother Is an Only Child

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My Brother Is an Only Child

R,

2008,

1h 39m,

Comedy/

Drama

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84%

63 Reviews

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78%

2,500+ Ratings

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84%

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63 Reviews

78%

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2,500+ Ratings

Two brothers living in Latina, Italy, grow up against the backdrop of the tumultuous Years of Lead. Manrico Benassi joins the Communist party, while his impressionable younger brother, Accio, returns from seminary school a full-blooded Fascist. As the years wear on, Accio and Manrico's family loyalty is tested by their political differences and their dueling loves for Francesca, a compassionate and intelligent activist.

Critics Consensus

Luchetti takes advantage of the storyline's historical context without sacrificing his cast's fine performances or the script's light wit.

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Carrie Rickey

Philadelphia Inquirer

Oct 18, 2008

3.5/4

The film, which argues that blood brotherhood is stronger than political brotherhoods, vibrates with their youthful energy and ardor.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Oct 18, 2008

3/5

Daniele Luchetti's fluent, heartfelt Italian picture is the story of two brothers born after the war, who come of age in the 1960s and drift apart in the paranoid, violent, sour political atmosphere of Italy in the 70s.

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

Jun 20, 2008

It's an engrossing political love story, with a strong sense of the shadings within the daily lives of these characters.

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Sarah Manvel

Cinemattraction

Feb 10, 2019

What could have been a complex examination of Italy's political divisions in the 1960s and '70s is reduced to two brothers' ceaseless one-upmanship.

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Laura Hiros

Rincón de cine

Mar 23, 2018

4/5

A film as incisive as it is delectable about the dreams and disappointments of adolescence, the passion of youth and the surprise of unexpected love. [Full review in Spanish]

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Kelly Vance

East Bay Express

Apr 28, 2011

Actors Germano and Scamarcio turn in magnificent, multilayered acting jobs.

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Daniele Luchetti

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Elio Germano

Accio Benassi

Riccardo Scamarcio

Manrico Benassi

Diane Fleri

Francesca

Alba Rohrwacher

Violetta Benassi

Angela Finocchiaro

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Synopsis

Two brothers living in Latina, Italy, grow up against the backdrop of the tumultuous Years of Lead. Manrico Benassi joins the Communist party, while his impressionable younger brother, Accio, returns from seminary school a full-blooded Fascist. As the years wear on, Accio and Manrico's family loyalty is tested by their political differences and their dueling loves for Francesca, a compassionate and intelligent activist.

Director: Daniele Luchetti
Producer: Riccardo Tozzi, Giovanni Stabilini, Marco Chimenz
Screenwriter: Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli, Daniele Luchetti, Antonio Pennacchi
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Cattleya, Babe Films, StudioCanal
Rating: R (Some Sexual Content|Language)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: Italian
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 28, 2008, Limited
Release Date (DVD): Aug 5, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $251.0K
Runtime: 1h 39m

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