He Thinks He's the Best

The brothers, Carmine and Valdo, have never got along. According to them, the brothers have hated each other since birth. In their mother's funeral, Carmine tried to strangle Valdo to death, but the little brother was saved by intervening relatives. The brothers have not been in contact with each other after the incident. Now, the documentary filmmaker, Maria Kuhlberg, seeks to get her stubborn Italian-Swedish uncles to talk to each other and to fix their broken relationship.

 

He Thinks He's Best is a moving documentary of two brothers who ended up on completely different paths in life and their attitudes towards each other. At the same time, the film evokes memories of the family's move from post-war Italy to Sweden after work. Behind all the arguments, an image of a Swedish welfare state unfolds that in reality turned out to be anything but a promised land.