1st Look: Poster for Daniele Luchetti’s My Brother Is An Only Child

There are films where the reward comes in sticking it out till the end – as was the case with Best of Youth (the 6-hour Italian tele-film, generational period piece that Miramax packaged as two separate films for a short theatrical release). For those who like their gelato and Italanio history, TH!NKFilm‘s latest import My Brother Is An Only Child has many similarities with  the former – both are co-scripted by Sandro Petraglia and Stefano Rulli and both look at national identity during turbulent times. The company eventually decided to take a title that they were handling internationally and bring about a domestic release. Coming out later this month, this has received international accolades (here is my Cannes review) and below you’ll find the NA poster one sheet.

Set in a small Italian town in the 60’s and 70’s, the film tells the story of two brothers who want to change the world – but in completely different ways. The elder, Manrico (Riccardo Scarmaccio), is a handsome, charismatic firebrand who becomes the prime mover in the local Communist party. Accio, (Elio Germano) the younger, more rebellious brother, finds his own contrarian voice by joining the reactionary Fascists. What starts as a typical tale of sibling rivalry becomes the story of the polarizing and paralyzing politics of those turbulent times and, the rift between the brothers is further intensified when Accio realizes that he loves his brother’s girlfriend, Francesca (Diane Fleri) who, like everyone else, is blind to Manrico’s increasingly dangerous ideas.