MON GRAND FRÈRE ET MOI
![[REVIEW] MY OLDER BROTHER AND I: The Cinema of Ryota Nakano, Between Laughter and Tears](https://image.canalblog.com/fdeOfLXcpp9xG_oFrFh-jzUqQpg=/filters:no_upscale()/image%2F1371318%2F20260506%2Fob_d10635_223bd87-upload-1-wnmvrkbmutzk-mon-gran.jpeg "[REVIEW] MY OLDER BROTHER AND I: The Cinema of Ryota Nakano, Between Laughter and Tears")
After making us laugh and move to tears with “La Famille Asada,” filmmaker Ryûta Nakano takes his time and returns by continuing his exploration of family ties with his unique touch, both tender, burlesque, and a bit sentimental.
Based on a non-fiction essay by Riko Murai, like all his films starting with his first feature film in 2012 “Capturing Dad,” it provokes laughter and tears, once again creating a deeply human, generous, funny, and touching film.
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Behind its funny situations and benevolent ghosts, “Mon grand frère et moi” celebrates reconciliation – not only with the dead, but also with everything we thought we had lost along the way.
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Working from his own script, Nakano avoids sappy sentimentality. We also see the brother’s flaws, his heavy drinking, and parental neglect.
“Mon grand frère et moi” is definitely a comedy, about mourning and ghostly grief, but the emotion gradually blurs this vision, conveyed with a delicacy that blends so well with a sense of incongruity.
MON GRAND FRÈRE ET MOI
Written and directed by Ryûta NAKANO – Japan 2025 2h07mn VOSTF –
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