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Philip Groening’s brother

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After the success of his documentary on Carthusian monks, Into Great Silence [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Philip Groening
film profile
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, Philip Groening will make a fiction film on philosophy, love and sensuality, entitled Gröning, My Brother’s Named Robert, He’s an Idiot.

The German director himself announced the project during a film class organized by the Alba International Film Festival - Infinity (March 31-April 8), which is holding a retrospective on Groening. "I’m still writing the film, but I plan to begin shooting in May of next year,” explained the director.

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The film will star twins, an 18 year-old boy and girl, and will take place during a weekend in the country at their parents’ service station, as the two spend a Saturday and Sunday preparing for a philosophy exam.

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