Era mio fratello explained

Runtime:	95 min
Director:	Claudio Bonivento^[1]
Country:	Italy
Network:	Rai Uno
Num Episodes:	2

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]

Synopsis

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.

Cast

• Maurizio Aiello as Michele Palmisano
• Pasquale Anselmo as Ettore Lanfranchi
• Paolo Briguglia as Luca
• Maria Pia Calzone as Luisa Libertino
• Carlo Cartier as Dario Salerno
• Adriano Chiaramida as Don Giuseppe Palmisano
• Diletta D'Emilio as Lavinia Lanfranchi
• Enzo De Caro as Vincenzo Di Santo
• Nicola Di Gioia as Vullo
• Stefano Dionisi as Sante Palmisano
• Massimo Ghini as Paolo Cento
• Giorgio Gobbi as Carlo Brandi
• Fiorenza Tessari as Paola Lanfranchi
• Anna Valle as Maria Palmisano
• Pamela Villoresi as Ada Di Santo

See also

• List of Italian television series

External links

• • • Location cinematografiche in Calabria
• Era Mio Fratello, La ‘Ndrangheta in TV at DC Mag

Notes and References

1. Nicola Gratteri, Antonio Nicaso (2008). Educare alla legalità: il grande inganno: i falsi valori della 'ndrangheta Cosenza: L. Pellegrini. p. 266.
2. Web site: "Era mio fratello": una storia sulla 'Ndrangheta per Raiuno. 30 September 2007 . TVBlog.it. 20 April 2014.
3. Renga. Dana. Allison Cooper . Dana Renga . Introduction The Banda della Magliana, The Camorra, The 'Ndrangheta, and the Sacra Corona Unita: The Mafia Onscreen Beyond the Cosa Nostra. The Italianist. June 2013. 33. 2. 196. 10.1179/0261434013Z.00000000043 . 143895590 . 20 April 2014.
4. Web site: Raiuno: Era Mio Fratello. 25 September 2007 . Adnkronos (Italian). 20 April 2014.
5. News: Paolo Scotti. Una sfida in famiglia tra il mafioso Dionisi e lonesto Briguglia. 23 April 2014. Il Giornale. 30 September 2007.
6. News: Luca e Sante, divisi dal destino. 23 April 2014. La Repubblica. 30 September 2007.
7. News: Dionisi-Briguglia fratelli contro nella fiction sulla 'ndrangheta. 23 April 2014. Il Piccolo. 28 September 2007.
8. News: Antonio Dipollina. 'Ndrangheta e carabinieri una fiction all'altezza. 23 April 2014. La Repubblica. 4 October 2007.