My Brother is an Only Child. I was expecting a great deal from this film. Set in Latina, Italy it covers around about a decade from the mid 60s on and concerns two brothers one of whom is a communist and the younger of whom grows up to be a fascist. In spite of their differing personalities and being politically polar opposites they end up being in love with the same girl.
The problem I have is that the filmmakers have built a structure in the story that gives great scope for dramatic tension but then they completely undercut it by not really going anywhere with these story threads. Accio the younger of the two brothers turns out not to be much of a fascist and only joined up to be different from his elder brother Manrico and go against the wishes of his family and he ultimately sides with his brother and becomes a communist himself. The second possible dramatic thread never really goes anywhere either as Manrico never finds out that Accio is in love with his on-off girlfriend Francesca.
Great film in a lot of ways but ultimately unsatisfying.
