If you loved Running with Scissors, try My Brother Is an Only Child

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Theyboth carry the bittersweet mood tag, and they sit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Running with Scissors, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What My Brother Is an Only Child is

A portrait of Italian familial dysfunction, set against a backdrop of political strife. Two brothers end up on opposite sides of the ideological spectrum. The film perhaps succeeds best as a time capsule of Italian politics.

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