Era mio fratello | |
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Directed by | Claudio Bonivento [1] |
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Country of origin | Italy |
No. of episodes | 2 |
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Running time | 95 min |
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Original network | Rai Uno |
Original release | 30 September – 1 October 2007 |
Era mio Fratello (Translation: He was my Brother) is a two episode television miniseries that aired in 2007 on Rai Uno. [2] [3] The first episode aired on 30 September 2007 in Italy and the second episode aired on 1 October that same year. [4] It is the first Italian television series having 'ndrangheta as main theme. [5] Filming took place in Calabria, in the cities of Reggio Calabria, Palmi, Catona, Melito and Pentedattilo. [6] [7] The La Repubblica television critic Antonio Dipollina appreciated the miniseries, commenting that it has "the same rhythm and language of the most modern crime series". [8]
Two brothers are forced into very different lives after they part ways at a very young age. One will grow up to be like their underworld father while the other was raised by a police officer and follows the straight and narrow. Their lives are doomed to eventually intersect, pitting brother against brother.
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