Hermano

Antonio Sterni is a young man without family, without roots and who does small jobs for Don Eugenio, a mafia boss, who some years ago shot his father. Antonio doesn't know this. Don Eugenio entrusts him this particular mission : deliver a car to a russian mafia boss in Switzerland. During his trip, Antonio meets an ex-Argentina boxing champion, Carlos Avileda, who saves him from a fight with a drunk truck driver. To thank him, Antonio drives him to Switzerland in order to find the man that once ruined his boxing career. Their friendship gets reinforced during the journey and Carlos decides to take Antonio's place for the car delivery. The car affair was a trap and Antonio tries to save Carlos but arrives too late. The russians kill the boxer and Antonio returns to Napoli to have the revenge of the death of his friend by killing Don Eugenio…

• Ignazio Oliva …. Antonio Sterni
• Rade Serbedzija …. Carlos Avileda
• Paolo Villaggio …. Don Eugenio
• Cristina Moglia …. Franziska
• Emir Kusturica …. Chomsky

In this film, Emir Kusturica plays a small role, the character of Vladimir Chomsky.

Let's recall Giovanni Robbiano was one of Emir Kusturica's students in the Columbia University in New York.

Having had the occasion to see a working copy of Hermano, we can only but regret that the film doesn't reach the public. The music is gorgeous, the light is heavily worked out, and the story is highly moving.

Read the exclusive interview of Giovanni Robbiano.