''Love's Brother'' is a 2004 film written and directed by

Jan Sardi Jan Vittorio Sardi (born 1953) is an Australian screenwriter. In 1997, he was nominated for an Academy Awards, Academy Award for Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Best Writing (Original Screenplay), for ''Shine (film), Shine''. He wrote ...

Plot

Angelo Donnini and his younger brother Gino are of

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origin, living in

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in the 1950s. Angelo is insecure, silent and introverted and not at all good-looking, while Gino is the complete opposite: outgoing, funny and handsome. Angelo looks for a wife and writes letters to Italian girls in hope of a match. But his letters are always returned with his photograph. One day, he desperately sends a new letter with a picture of his brother to Rosetta, who falls in love instantly with the man in the picture and therefore accepts his marriage proposal. When she arrives in Australia she is, of course, appalled that Angelo does not look like the man she thought she had married. However, she stays, to try to gain Gino's affections. But Gino has a girlfriend, Connie, a wise and tough girl who knows exactly what she wants. She loves Gino but wishes he possed more of Angelo's qualities. Though Gino tries to avoid Rosetta, he cannot help but eventually fall in love with her. Gino and Connie have an argument and they call it quits, and Angelo and Connie start to develop a romance. In the end, Rosetta, believing that she has failed to gain Gino's affections, decides to return to Italy with the help of Father Alfredo. Gino follows her onto the ship and they embrace. The couple then marry. In the final scene of the film, which seems to be a few years later, it shows the wedding party of Connie and Angelo, while Gino is married to Rosetta and they have a newborn baby.

Cast

Giovanni Ribisi Antonino Giovanni Ribisi (born December 17, 1974) is an American actor. He has appeared in the films '' That Thing You Do!'' (1996), ''Saving Private Ryan'' (1998), '' Gone in 60 Seconds'' (2000), ''Heaven'' (2002), '' Flight of the Phoenix'' (2 ...

as Angelo Donnini *

Adam Garcia Adam Garcia is an Australian actor who is best known for lead roles in musicals such as '' Saturday Night Fever'' and '' Kiss Me, Kate''. He is also a trained tap dancer and singer. Garcia has been nominated twice at the Laurence Olivier Award ...

as Gino Donnini * Joe Petruzzi as Zio Luigi *

Amelia Warner Amelia Warner (born Amelia Catherine Bennett; 4 June 1982), also known by her stage name Slow Moving Millie, is an English musician, composer, and former actress. Early life Warner was born Amelia Catherine Bennett in Birkenhead, Merseyside, t ...

as Rosetta * Silvia De Santis as Connie *

Barry Otto Barry Otto (born 1941) is an Australian actor. Early life Barry Otto was born in 1941 in Brisbane, the son of a butcher. He has a sister named Denise. Otto trained as an artist at Brisbane Central Technical College. In the 1960s, Otto worked a ...

as Father Alfredo *

Bruno Lucia Bruno Lucia is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor and performer. Background Hailing from Adelaide, Lucia was born on 27 January 1960 and is of Italian descent. Career Stand-up comedy Bruno began his comedy career at the Sydney Comedy St ...

as Paolo

Locations

''Love's Brother'' was filmed on location at Daylesford and Hepburn Springs, Glenlyon, Smeaton and Talbot, Victoria, Australia, and on location at Civita di Bagnoregio, Italy.

Budget

The budget for the film was reported to be approximately $10million. This figure would have included the additional costs necessary for official co-productions.

Box office

''Love's Brother'' grossed $977,106 at the box office in Australia.

References

External links

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Love's Brother at the National Film and Sound Archive

Love's Brother at Ozmovies
2004 films 2004 romantic drama films Australian romantic drama films Films directed by Jan Sardi Films set in the 1950s Films set in Australia Films scored by Stephen Warbeck 2000s English-language films 2000s Australian films English-language romantic drama films {{2000s-romantic-drama-film-stub