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20 April 2007 (Italy) morePlot:
Two brothers come of age in a small Italian town in the '60s and '70s. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
7 wins & 12 nominations moreUser Comments:
Growing up with bro is hard to do more (16 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Elio Germano | ... | Accio Benassi | |
| Riccardo Scamarcio | ... | Manrico Benassi | |
| Angela Finocchiaro | ... | Amelia Benassi | |
| Massimo Popolizio | ... | Ettore Benassi | |
| Ascanio Celestini | ... | Padre Cavalli | |
| Diane Fleri | ... | Francesca | |
| Alba Rohrwacher | ... | Violetta Benassi | |
| Vittorio Emanuele Propizio | ... | Accio adolescent | |
| Claudio Botosso | ... | Prof. Montagna | |
| Antonino Bruschetta | ... | Segretario Bombacci (as Ninni Bruschetta) | |
| Anna Bonaiuto | ... | Bella Nastri | |
| Luca Zingaretti | ... | Mario Nastri | |
| Pasquale Sammarco | ... | Padre Tosi | |
| Lorenzo Pagani | ... | Bertini | |
| Matteo Sacchi | ... | Ragazzo Biliardino |
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Mon frère est fils unique (France)My Brother Is an Only Child (International: English title)
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Rated R for language and some sexual content.Parents Guide:
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Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Hong Kong:III | Italy:T | USA:Unrated | Germany:12 | Ireland:15A | USA:R | Sweden:11 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14Fun Stuff
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Taken from the novel "Il fasciocomunista", the title has been changed in "Mio fratello è figlio unico" as a tribute to the eponymous song by Rino Gaetano. moreFAQ
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Good Italian movies are few and far between the last I saw was Zefferelli's "Tea with Mussolini", and before that, "Life Is Beautiful". It seems that Italian movies, good or bad, are rare. If the list in Wikipedia is anything to go by, Italy produces about ten to fifteen features a year, far less than Australia.
This one is about growing up in a post-Mussolini, post-war world as a working class Italian. The narrator, Accio (Elio Germano), bright but temperamental, is not the most pleasant of people (his name means bully). At 13 he is sent off to a seminary by his long-suffering and pious parents but even though it's a fairly humane regime he doesn't last long. So it's back to the family's tiny, crumbling flat to grow up with his older brother, Manrico (Riccardo Scarmarcio). Rejecting religion, Accio comes into the orbit of the local fascists, though he is more interested in action than ideology. The handsome, charming Manrico becomes a communist, and beds Francesca (Diane Fleri), an attractive middle class girl who has joined the comrades. Naturally Accio gets interested in Francesca as well.
The story covers the period 1962 to 1968 and plenty of reference is made to the turmoil of the times, but basically it is about a textbook case of sibling rivalry. Acco and Manrico cannot keep their hands off each other in order to fight, that is. Acco however does manage to reach some sort of maturity at the end.
The story moves along at a good pace and there are plenty of funny scenes. The best one is the occupation by the communist students during the 1968 disturbances of the Rome conservatory where they perform Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" with the words changed to communist slogans, and are then invaded by the fascists crying "Don't mess with Beethoven" (actually the original words were from a poem by Schiller). The switch of actors (Vittorio Propizio plays the younger Accio) is accomplished in a particularly neat fashion, using a method I last saw used in "Conan the Barbarian" where the older actor is substituted in mid-scene.
In the background is Mussolini's legacy, an angry, confused and humiliated nation without a clear sense of direction. His 1930's "new towns" like Latina on the Pontine marches, jerry-built and badly designed, were crumbling already by the 1960s. Replacement housing had been built but corrupt local officials were holding up its allocation. There is a very satisfying moment at the end of the film when Accio, no stranger to causing a ruckus, takes remedial action.
Not being Italian I probably missed a lot, but the film held my attention for its full length, despite Accio not being a particularly nice lad (then neither was Genghis Khan and he had an interesting life). The film is bright, fresh and fast-moving though I'm not sure about the climax, which is rather on the melodramatic side. If the Italians can bring themselves to make more movies of this quality, I'll come along to watch.