My Brother Is an Only Child

(2007)

★ 6.7 IMDb · 416 votes

Genres: Comedy, Drama, History

Year: 2007

Runtime: 108 мин

Country: France, Italy

Director: Daniele Luchetti

Cast: Elio Germano, Риккардо Скамарчо, Анджела Финоккьяро, Massimo Popolizio, Ascanio Celestini, Diane Fleri, Альба Рорвахер, Vittorio Emanuele Propizio, Claudio Botosso, Ninni Bruschetta

Plot

Accio and Manrico are siblings from a working-class family in 1960s Italy: older Manrico is handsome, charismatic, and loved by all, while younger Accio is sulky, hot-headed, and treats life as a battleground — much to his parents' chagrin. After the former is drawn into left-wing politics, Accio joins the fascists out of spite, but his flimsy beliefs are put to test when he falls for Manrico's like-minded girlfriend.

Two brothers come of age in the 1960s in a town south of Rome. Manrico is handsome, sometimes feckless, a leftist making the revolution. His younger brother Accio ("Bully") is a seminarian when the story beings, soon home studying Latin and joining the Fascists. Francesca, an aristocratic student, becomes Manrico's lover and Accio's friend. Over the next ten years, these three experience family, love, attraction, politics, and the challenges of adult responsibility. Subplots include Nastri, a father figure and political guide to Accio, Nastri's wife Bella who guides Accio in other ways, and the brothers' parents and sister, who are dazzled by Manrico's charm while depending on Accio.