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 | |
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| Directed by | Claudio Bonivento[1] | 
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| Country of origin | Italy | 
| No. of episodes | 2 | 
| Production | |
| Running time | 95 min | 
| Release | |
| Original network | Rai Uno | 
| Original release | 30 September – 1 October 2007  | 
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
 
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References
    
- Nicola Gratteri, Antonio Nicaso (2008). Educare alla legalità: il grande inganno: i falsi valori della 'ndrangheta Cosenza: L. Pellegrini. p. 266.
 - ""Era mio fratello": una storia sulla 'Ndrangheta per Raiuno". TVBlog.it. 30 September 2007. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
 - 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.
 - "Raiuno: Era Mio Fratello". Adnkronos (Italian). 25 September 2007. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
 - Paolo Scotti (30 September 2007). "Una sfida in famiglia tra il mafioso Dionisi e lonesto Briguglia". Il Giornale. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
 - "Luca e Sante, divisi dal destino". La Repubblica. 30 September 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
 - "Dionisi-Briguglia fratelli contro nella fiction sulla 'ndrangheta". Il Piccolo. 28 September 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
 - Antonio Dipollina (4 October 2007). "'Ndrangheta e carabinieri una fiction all'altezza". La Repubblica. Retrieved 23 April 2014.