My Brother’s Name Is Robert and He Is an Idiot

Mar 27, 2019

2h 54m

★ 4.9

Overview

For teenage twins Robert and Elena, a weekend can seem endless yet still fly by. Time almost stands still while discussing philosophy, lying in a blissful cornfield near a remote gas station. They are in their own little world, a twin world of twin games and twin love. A confined world where emotions rise, where pressure mounts into rage… The turmoil of adolescence.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Philip-Gröning-Filmproduktion

Bavaria Pictures

L Films

RSI

Ventura Film

ARD

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Cast

Elena

Julia Zange

Robert

Josef Mattes

Erich

Urs Jucker

Adolf

Stefan Konarske

Cecilia

Zita Aretz

Teacher

Karolina Porcari

Daniel Zillmann

Erich

Vitus Zeplichal

Kunde 1

David Zimmerschied

Driver

Henry Arnold

Frau des Porschefahrers

Susanne Wuest

Robert (young)

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