A Ray of Sun recounts the lives of the Italian neo-realist director Roberto Rossellini and his brother, music composer Renzo Rossellini. Both pursue their passions and work together to depict reality as is.
German director Georg Brintrup gives an expressionist view of two artist brothers, both were trying to capture what was happening, and what was real.
Post-World War II Italy suffered economic strife and moral decay, but Roberto Rossellini made films that preserved the moment as it was lived.