Italian Youth, Family & Politics at Cannes
by Andre Soares
Via Boyd van Hoeij’s european-films.net:
"The Italian Un certain regard title and local boxoffice hit Mio fratello è figlio unico (My Brother is An Only Child) is a fun panoramic snapshot of politically engaged Italian youngsters in the 1960s and 70s that is not only a portrait of its time but also, be it in diluted form, of the Italian youth of today. The fact that the film is also surprisingly funny, good-looking and showcases the talents of rising star Elio Germano (N - Io e Napoleone) should help it outside of Italy as well, though it is not as all-encompassing and engrossing as local recent-history melodramas La meglio gioventù (The Best of Youth) and Romanzo Criminale (Crime Novel), which were also written by the tandem Sandro Petraglia-Stefano Rulli."
Mio fratello è figlio unico was directed by Daniele Luchetti (right). The story is based on Antonio Pennacchi’s semi-autobiographical bestselling novel Il fasciocomunista (The Fascist-Communist). In addition to Elio Germano, the film stars Riccardo Scamarcio, Angela Finocchiaro, and Luca Zingaretti.
At european-films.net, the hard-at-work heer van Hoeij also offers reviews of several other European films screened at Cannes, including Catherine Breillat’s Une vieille maîtresse / An Old Mistress, Fatih Akin’s Auf der anderen Seite / The Edge of Heaven, and Roy Andersson’s Du levande / You, the Living.
60th Cannes Film Festival winners
Cannes Film Festival 2007 - Official Competition Line-Up
Cannes Film Festival 2007 - Un Certain Regard
60th Cannes Film Festival - Cinéfondation
Cannes 2007 - Special Screenings
Cannes 2007 Opens with MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS
Cannes 2007: Polanski, DiCaprio, and Dumb Journalists
Cannes ‘07: Four Funerals and an Orphanage
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Thanks for the link and remember Germano’s name. That guy is going places.