Family Portrait

– Marcello Mastroianni gives a sensitive, finely judged performance as Enrico, a struggling journalist..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.30 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 53 Minutes
Release Year:
1962
Original Name:
Cronaca familiare
Family Portrait (1962) - Also known as Cronaca familiare

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 brought up by their poor but warm-hearted grandmother (Sylvie), Lorenzo was raised as a gentleman by a wealthy local aristocrat. Reunited in the Florence of the 1930s, Enrico becomes his spoilt brother's keeper, forever haunted by a sense of guilty 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.

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Release Date:

02 Mar 1963

Language:

Italian, English

MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated

Director:

Valerio Zurlini

Writer:

Vasco Pratolini (novel), Valerio Zurlini (screenplay), Mario Missiroli (screenplay), Vasco Pratolini (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Marcello Mastroianni, Jacques Perrin, Sylvie, Salvo Randone

Plot:

1945. Enrico Corsi, in Rome, reflects on his relationship with his eight year younger brother, Lorenzo Corsi, following Lorenzo's recent passing from a long and debilitating illness at age ...

Awards:

5 wins & 3 nominations.

Production:

Titanus - Metro

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.3/10