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My Brother is an Only Child [DVD]

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  • Format: PAL
  • Language: Italian
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Revolver Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 11 Aug 2008
  • Run Time: 108 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0019R42N4
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 21,632 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Political comedy following the fortunes of two brothers growing up in Italy during the 1960s and 1970s. Set amidst an ever-changing political landscape, the lives of brothers Accio (Elio Germano) and Manrico (Riccardo Scamarcio) are on a collision course. With their political stances diametrically opposed - Manrico is a communist, while Accio follows Fascism - they both also share a love of local girl Francesca (Diane Fleri), which continually simmers away, and occasionally boils over, pushing them even further apart. The story follows the changes both siblings go through over a period of 15 years, as their lives, values, and loyalties change in ways they could not imagine, but which ultimately come to highlight the many similarities they share.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Romulus and Remus of political cocktail 11 Oct 2011
By technoguy TOP 1000 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:DVD
Luchetti's clever,funny movie mixes domestic and political confrontation in Italy's troubled 1960s and 70s, depicting the Romulus and Remus of politics of two brothers,in Latina,one of Mussilini's model towns.Handsome Manrico(Ricardo Scarmacio) pursuing communist beliefs,following his father into working in a factory,agitating against the oppression of the working class,later on the run.While youger,Accio(Elio Germano),going from a seminary,losing his beliefs,questioning his parents and brother,finding himself the black sheep of the family,playing second fiddle to his brother,with whom he has a love-hate relationship,attracted to his brother's girlfriend,without acting upon it.Instead he gets into his school studies,then fascism through his mentor,a steet trader,with whose wife he has an affair.He turns against fascism when they set light to his brother's car.The parents are shewn being ripped off by the authorities who having promised them a new council house ,fail to deliver,making Germano act on it.Germano brings charisma and brilliant acting to his role.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Happy times-sad times...Lost generations 17 Jun 2009
Format:DVD
The film is a lively portrayal of life in the Italian countryside in the 1960's. Benassi family is a typical working class family with two sons and one daughter.While the father is a factory worker the family struggles to make ends meet. The small child gets kicked out of seminar school, while the big brother is fast organizing a union in the factory which he just entered. In the boiling cauldron of the 1960's political arena the youths get active in radical left and right wing organizations.

The growing up of a young man is showed beautifully in the film. His first days in school, his first love, first fight, friends and foes. The politically important place of the university in the 1960's left wing movement is mentioned in the film as well as far right followers of the Mussolini's fascist movement.Also mentioned in the film is the ordinary people's desire to have a decent life i.e living in better housing.

The ending of the film is somewhat saddening and wrong conclusions can be drawn from it: When you are young it is natural that you are engaged in politics but when you grow old and take responsibilities you should retire from radical views. You should not question the system and try to survive. Or else...you can be shot at by the police in the broad daylight, you can be jailed and your child can be a virtual orphan etc. I do not agree. These things can happen and did happen but they should not have happened to those who seek their rights for better days in the future.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Luchetti's Superb Coming-of-age Political Drama 14 Sep 2012
By Keith M TOP 1000 REVIEWER
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Roman director Daniele Luchetti's 2007 film Mio Fratello è Figlio Unico (My Brother Is An Only Child) is a brilliantly evocative tale of a pair of brothers' search for identity (political, familial and sexual) in Italy's Lazio region in the early 1960s. Showcasing an exhilarating central performance (amongst a consistently strong cast) by leading Italian (and fellow Roman) actor Elio Germano as Accio Benassi, Luchetti's film combines an authentic look and feel (principally as a result of the excellent work of cinematographer Claudio Collepiccolo) with a highly evocative soundtrack (featuring a Morricone-esque score by Franco Piersanti, plus Italian songs from the era) to create a compelling and poignant film.

Accio's uncertainties around his future life trajectory are initially manifested during his period at a Catholic seminary, during which he questions his own emergent sexuality and politics. His latent rebelliousness is further fostered by his feelings of parental rejection, and the leftist political path chosen by brother Manrico and sister Violetta (a budding orchestral cellist) - respectively played in outstanding performances by Riccardo Scamarcio and Alba Rohrwacher. His association with fascist market trader Mario Nastri (played by TV's Inspector Montalbano, Luca Zingaretti) leads him to join the extremist party, thereby pitching him directly against his brother. These early sections of the film are, for me, particularly strong - indeed, Luchetti cast a younger, but still outstanding actor (Vittorio Emanuele Propizio) in Accio's early scenes and the transition between the two actors is (remarkably) totally seamless. Germano as the older Accio is superb throughout, but, particularly during the scenes with Francesca, Manrico's girlfriend and fellow Communist party worker, as Accio struggles to come to terms with the conflict between his adopted politics and romantic desires.

As Accio becomes increasingly militant in his political activities, Luchetti includes a number of standout scenes of friction between the brothers, before Accio begins to realise that his fraternal loyalty actually means more to him than his chosen political path. A particularly powerful scene features fascist party members (now, sans Accio) storming a Communist party-organised concert featuring Beethoven's 9th Symphony (amusingly with Schiller's Ode To Joy reworded to list the names of notable left-wing figures - Mao, Marx, Lenin, etc).

For me, Luchetti manages to steer the film just about clear of any feelings of over-sentimentality and in the process delivers a powerful depiction of Italian politics in a film which sits alongside the likes of Bertolucci's films The Conformist (the outstanding film on this subject) and Novecento, and, more recently, Paolo Sorrentino's Il Divo. The ending of Luchetti's film, where the Benassi family is able to enjoy some relief from their tragic situation by finally achieving their goal of moving into a new home, is particularly poignant.

A must-see film, therefore, in which Elio Germano demonstrates that (along with France's Romain Duris) he is one of the most outstanding European actors of the last 10 or so years.
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