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Love's Brother (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Australian Film Institute
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
103 min + 70 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Biographies
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Commentary
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Storyboards
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2004 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Jan Sardi

Written By:
Jan Sardi

Actors:
Giovanni Ribisi ..... Angelo Donnini
Adam Garcia ..... Gino Donnini
Joe Petruzzi ..... Zio Luigi
Rodney Afif ..... Guido
Bruno Lucia ..... Paolo
Mario Di Ienno ..... Café Latino #1
Mark Sellito ..... Café Latino #2 (as Marco Sellitto)
Dina Panozzo ..... Zia Norma
John Bluthal ..... Pepe
Silvia De Santis ..... Connie
Barry Otto ..... Father Alfredo
Reg Mombassa ..... Gypsy Artist
Osvaldo Maione ..... Franco
Eleanor Bron ..... Signora Carmelina
Anna Burgess ..... Dancing Blonde

Synopsis:

Love's Brother is a sweet, gentle and amusing story of brotherly love. Being orphans, (albeit, adult ones) Gino and Angelo feel a special responsibility towards one another. They are part of a close-knit Italian community attempting to make its way in a new land while keeping the spirit of their homeland alive around them. The bond with the homeland is represented in many guises: the ecstatic launch of the first espresso machine in Australia; an Italian village mural on the café walls whose wistful scenes help the characters to magically work through their problems.

Angelo Donnini and his younger brother Gino are of Italian origin, living in Australia in the 1950s. Angelo is insecure, silent and introverted and not at all good-looking, while Gino is the complete opposite: outgoing, funny and handsome. Angelo looks for a wife and writes letters to Italian girls in hope of a match. But his letters are always returned with his photograph. One day, he desperately sends a new letter with a picture of his brother to Rosetta, who falls in love instantly with the man in the picture and therefore accepts his marriage proposal. When she arrives in Australia she is of course appalled that Angelo does not look like the man she thought she had married. However, she stays, to try to gain Gino's affections. But Gino has a girlfriend, Connie, a wise and tough girl who knows exactly what she wants. She loves Gino, but wishes he possessed more of Angelo's qualities. Though Gino tries to avoid Rosetta, he cannot help but eventually fall in love with her. Gino and Connie have an argument and they call it quits, and Angelo and Connie start to develop a romance. In the end, Rosetta, believing that she has failed to gain Gino's affections, decides to return to Italy with the help of Father Alfredo. Gino follows her onto the ship and they embrace. The couple then marry. In the final scene of the film, which seems to be few years later, it shows the wedding party of Connie and Angelo, while Gino is married to Rosetta and they have a newborn baby.

Despairing of ever finding love, the insecure Angelo uses a photo of his handsome brother Gino to convince a beautiful Italian girl across the sea to marry him. Gino is delighted for Angelo, until he finds out what happened. To complicate matters further, when Angelo introduces his brother to Rosetta it's love at first sight.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 16 December, 2005.

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