Era mio fratello

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]

Era mio fratello
Directed by	Claudio Bonivento[1]
Starring	Maurizio Aiello Paolo Briguglia Enzo De Caro Stefano Dionisi Massimo Ghini Anna Valle Pamela Villoresi[1]
Country of origin	Italy
No. of episodes	2
Production
Running time	95 min
Original release
Network	Rai Uno
Release	30 September (2007-09-30) – 1 October 2007 (2007-10-01)

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

References

1. Nicola Gratteri, Antonio Nicaso (2008). Educare alla legalità: il grande inganno: i falsi valori della 'ndrangheta Cosenza: L. Pellegrini. p. 266.
2. ""Era mio fratello": una storia sulla 'Ndrangheta per Raiuno". TVBlog.it. 30 September 2007. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
3. Renga, Dana; Allison Cooper; Dana Renga (June 2013). "Introduction The Banda della Magliana, The Camorra, The 'Ndrangheta, and the Sacra Corona Unita: The Mafia Onscreen Beyond the Cosa Nostra". The Italianist. 33 (2): 196. doi:10.1179/0261434013Z.00000000043. S2CID 143895590. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
4. "Raiuno: Era Mio Fratello". Adnkronos (Italian). 25 September 2007. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
5. Paolo Scotti (30 September 2007). "Una sfida in famiglia tra il mafioso Dionisi e lonesto Briguglia". Il Giornale. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
6. "Luca e Sante, divisi dal destino". La Repubblica. 30 September 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
7. "Dionisi-Briguglia fratelli contro nella fiction sulla 'ndrangheta". Il Piccolo. 28 September 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
8. Antonio Dipollina (4 October 2007). "'Ndrangheta e carabinieri una fiction all'altezza". La Repubblica. Retrieved 23 April 2014.

External links

• Official website
• Era mio fratello at IMDb
• Location cinematografiche in Calabria
• Era Mio Fratello, La ‘Ndrangheta in TV at DC Mag