MY BROTHER CHASES DINOSAURS
synopsis
Jack has a brother,Giò, who has Down syndrome. As a child, Jack believed the tender lie his parents told him, that Giò was a special being with superpowers, as in a comic book. Now that he is about to go to high school, however, Jack no longer believes that his brother is a superhero, in fact, he is almost ashamed of him, especially since he met Arianna, the first love of his life. Jack cannot allow himself to make any gaffes of bad impressions with the girl of his dreams and looking after his little brother and his unpredictable behavior soon becomes a burden, to the point that Jack pretends not to have any brother and hides the existence of Giò from the eyes of his new classmates and, above all, of Arianna. But you cannot be loved by someone as you are, if you cannot love someone despite his faults and this is a life-lesson that Jack will have to learn: it will be his brother Giò to teach him that, with his straight ways, his unique point of view and his simple but surprisingly wise words.
international title: | My Brother Chases Dinosaurs |
original title: | Mio fratello rincorre i dinosauri |
country: | Italy, Spain |
year: | 2019 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Stefano Cipani |
film run: | 101' |
release date: | IT 5/09/2019, ES 21/08/2020 |
screenplay: | Fabio Bonifacci |
cast: | Alessandro Gassmann, Isabella Ragonese, Rossy de Palma, Francesco Gheghi, Gea Dall'Orto, Roberto Nocchi, Saul Nanni, Lorenzo Sisto, Edoardo Pagliai, Gabriele Scopel, Arianna Becheroni |
cinematography by: | Sergi Bartrolí |
film editing: | Massimo Quaglia |
art director: | Ivana Gargiulo |
costumes designer: | Gemma Mascagni |
music: | Lucas Vidal |
producer: | Isabella Cocuzza, Arturo Paglia, Antonia Nava |
production: | Paco Cinematografica, Neo Art Producciones, RAI Cinema |
backing: | Imprebanca (IT), Regione Lazio (IT), Europa Creativa, Emilia-Romagna Film Commission (IT) |
distributor: | Eagle Pictures, Bosco Films |