Critics Week · 46th Edition
Siblings
LA VITA DA GRANDI
Director
Greta Scarano
Country
Italy
Runtime
1 h 36 min
Language
Italian
Premiere
MENA premiere (Middle East and North Africa)
Synopsis
Irene is building a regular life in Rome when she is forced to return to Rimini, her hometown, to care for Omar, her 40-year-old autistic brother. Omar has clear ideas about his future: he doesn’t want to live with her when their parents are gone. He convinces Irene to give him an intensive adulthood course, allowing him to become independent and pursue his dream of becoming a famous singer.
Cast
Matilda De Angelis, Yuri Tuci, Maria Amelia Monti, Paolo Hendel, Adriano Pantaleo, Christian Ginepro, Ariella Reggio, Gloria Coco, Alessandro Cantalini, Ludovico Zucconi, Angel Tom Karumathy, Lorenzo Gioielli, Valerio Azzali, Lorenzo Gioielli
Producers
Groenlandia, Halong, Rai Cinema
About the Director
She began acting at 20, appearing in numerous television and film productions alongside Pierfrancesco Favino, Sergio Castellitto, and Luca Zingaretti, and working with major Italian directors. In 2023, she made her directorial debut with the short film Feliz Navidad. Siblings marks her first feature as a director.
Screenings