Family Diary

Family Diary

1962 · 108 min · IT · 7.0 (55 votes)
Dir. Valerio Zurlini · Starring Marcello Mastroianni, Jacques Perrin, Salvo Randone, Valeria Ciangottini, Sylvie, Marco Guglielmi · Music Goffredo Petrassi
Drama

Enrico is a struggling journalist in the Rome of 1945. He receives a phone call informing him that his younger brother Lorenzo has died. Enrico recalls their long and difficult relationship; he was brought up by their poor but warm-hearted grandmother, 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.

VIBE

A poignant, character-driven drama exploring the complex bonds of brotherhood. It's a deeply emotional, introspective journey through love, guilt, and societal divides, set against a richly drawn historical backdrop.

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