It's been nearly five years since the six-hour Italian triumph "The Best of Youth" debuted at Cannes and then came to America. Those who saw it soon understood that nothing in the current cinematic world is as rare as this kind of serious, adult storytelling, and few thought that they would see anything like it again. But now they can.
A new Italian film, "My Brother Is an Only Child," bears a striking resemblance to "The Best of Youth," undoubtedly because it has the same screenwriters, Sandro Petraglia and Stefano Rulli. Both films use the turbulent era of the 1960s and '70s as a backdrop and adroitly intertwine the personal and the political. With a more normal running time of 1 hour, 48 minutes, "My Brother" is not the masterwork "Best of Youth" was, but it still satisfies in ways much of today's pygmy cinema cannot. Read Kenneth Turan's entire review of "My Brother is an Only Child"
Cast: Elio Germano, Riccardo Scamarcio, Diane Fleri, Alba Rohrwacher, Angela Finocchiaro
Director: Daniele Luchetti
Genres: Comedy Drama, Period Film, Political Drama
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