An extended family, a father who disappears and his problems that remain. The story of Six Brothersthe new film by Simone Godano (Marilyn has black eyes, Cross and delight) written together with Luca Infascelliit seems like you’ve already heard it, it is one of those that many Italian families have in common, when they find themselves having to deal with relatives they no longer speak to, longed-for inheritances and jealousy between siblings. The one of Manfredi Alicanteinterpreted by Joel Dix, is particular not for its size but for the character and temperament of its members, all different from each other. When he is diagnosed advanced cancerManfredi decides that he doesn’t want to wait for the end of the two months of life he still has left and takes his own life. His disappearance forces his five children Marco, Guido, Leo, Gaelle and Mattia (Riccardo Scamarcio, Adriano Giannini, Gabriel Montesi, Claire Romain and Mati Galey) to find themselves, after years of indifference and arguments, in their father’s house Bordeauxthe relationships between them are far from idyllic, they become even more complicated when at the opening of the will Luisa (Valentina Bellè), the sixth daughter whose existence no one knew. The six brothers have different mothers and they are not all Manfredi’s biological children, but they all recognize him as their father figure. In addition to having to grieve together, they must face the economic problems of the father who, after investing in an unprofitable business, an oyster farm that produced only one pearl in a year, left almost half a million in debt. The stay in Bordeaux therefore turns intoopportunity to heal relationshipsand live even for just a week the illusion of being able to be a united and happy family.
Six brothers
Six brothers it is the portrait of one dysfunctional family in which nothing goes right, a credible story, far from Mulino Bianco fairy tales. Before his suicide, Manfredi says in his farewell monologue: «Now it’s up to you»almost as if during his lifetime had always been pointed out as the one perpetually responsible for his children’s sorrows which, inevitably marked by an ambiguous figure like his, each seem to be the exasperation of a his different character trait. The six brothers realize, in the week in which they are forced to live together, that he was not their father the reason for all their ills and how all the responsibility for their disagreements is attributable to them. When they realize this, they find themselves forced to change yourself for their own good and that of their relatives.
The vicissitudes at the center of the film Let them enjoy could happen to anyone, we find ourselves in many of the dynamics that develop within the Alicante family and some of them are revived the most common clichés of Italian customs. This is the main strong point of a film which, also thanks to a well-constructed castmakes us reflect on not only family but also social issues, cas if the Alicante were a small cross-section of our societywhere each member has his own intimate enemy to defeat, such as selfishness, short temper or insecurity. However, one has the feeling that many aspects of this troubled affair they deserved more depth, while in the film they are often lost. The comedy created by Simone Godano nevertheless manages to offer various food for thought, especially personal ones, in a realistic film that can be considered an example of Italian dramedy.
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