A smash hit in its native Italy, My Brother is an Only Child, reunites Luchetti with longtime collaborators Sandro Petraglia and Stefano Rulli, best known as screenwriters of the highly acclaimed The Best of Youth.

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 led by Mario Nastri (played by Luca Zingaretti).

What starts out 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. An intensely cinematic and incredibly incisive film about the dreams and disillusionists of the 60's and 70's, My Brother is an Only Child is set in the exact era of the groundbreaking early classics of Bernardo Berolucci and Marco Bellochio. Not only does Luchetti pay explicit homage to those films - Before the Revolution - Fist in the Pocket, and China is Near - he comes very close to matching their beauty, intelligence, and youthful exuberance.

Winner of 4 David di Donatello Awards 2008, including Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenplay, and Best Editing

Festival de Cannes Official Selection Un Certain Regard 2008

"...captivating..." - Empire

"...a lovely film...with that indefinable Italian whimsey that takes political themes and undermines them beautifully...exquisite performances... My Brother is an Only Child is one of those films that draws you in gradually to a world, a family, at a specific time, that actually transcends time" - Margaret Pomeranz, ABC TV - At The Movies

"...an...excellent film." - Andrew Urban, Urbancinefile

"My Brother is an Only Child is about an entire Italian family, which means everyone shouts at everyone. ...intelligent and sharply satirical... There is a lovely sense of a single decade speaking for eternity..." - Nigel Andrews, UK Financial Review

"A fine and engaging study of two personalities, seemingly in sharp contrast, that prove awfully alike in the end." - Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter