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