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Me and My Brother

Me and My Brother

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 2, 1969

Runtime

1h 31m

Genres

Drama

User Score

64%

Original Title

Me and My Brother

Director

Robert Frank

Description

Julius Orlovsky, after spending years in a New York mental hospital, emerges catatonic and must rely on his brother Peter, who lives with poet Allen Ginsberg. When Julius wanders off in the middle of filming, Frank hires and actor (Joseph Chaikin) to play the character and begins a fictional version of his psychological portrait. Then, as suddenly as he vanished, Julius turns up in an institution where he and Peter must face their relationship.