Family Diary
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| Directed by | Valerio Zurlini |
| Written by | Mario Missiroli |
| Produced by | Goffredo Lombardo |
| Starring | Marcello Mastroianni Jacques Perrin Sylvie Valeria Ciangottini Salvo Randone |
| Cinematography | Giuseppe Rotunno |
| Edited by | Mario Serandrei |
| Music by | Goffredo Petrassi |
| Distributed by | Titanus Metro Goldwyn Mayer |
Release dates | September 1962 (premiere at VFF) 11 November 1963 (New York City) 8 December 1963 (United States) |
Running time | 115 mins |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Family Diary (Italian: Cronaca familiare) is a 1962 Italian film directed by Valerio Zurlini and based on the novel by Vasco Pratolini. It tells the story of two brothers (played by Marcello Mastroianni and Jacques Perrin) who are brought up apart from each other at their mother's death, then brought together by difficult family circumstances.
Described by Elliot Stein in The Village Voice as "the classiest 'male weepie' ever filmed",[1] Family Diary is an exemplary adaptation of the semi-autobiographical Vasco Pratolini novel Two Brothers, and won Zurlini a shared Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
Marcello Mastroianni gives a sensitive, finely judged performance as Enrico, a struggling journalist in the Rome of 1945. He receives a phone call informing him that his younger brother Lorenzo (Jacques Perrin) has died. Enrico recalls their long and difficult relationship. He was raised by their poor but warm-hearted grandmother (Sylvie), while Lorenzo was raised as a gentleman by a wealthy local aristocrat. Reunited in the Florence of the 1930s, Enrico becomes his spoiled brother's keeper, forever haunted by a sense of guilt and responsibility towards a man he both hates and loves.
Beautifully photographed by Giuseppe Rotunno, this austere, deeply felt masterwork has been acclaimed as one of Zurlini's greatest achievements.
Cast
- Marcello Mastroianni - Enrico
- Jacques Perrin - Lorenzo
- Sylvie - Grandmother
- Salvo Randone - Salocchi
- Valeria Ciangottini - Enzina
- Serena Vergano - Hospital Nun
- Marco Guglielmi
- Franca Pasut
- Miranda Campa
- Nino Fuscagni
- Marcella Valeri
References
- ^ Stein, Elliot. "Valerio Zurlini’s Autumn Tales", The Village Voice, 22 August 2000. Retrieved on 5 August 2016.
External links
- Family Diary at IMDb
- Family Diary at AllMovie
- [1] Martha King's English translation of Cronaca familiare as Family Chronicle.
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