| 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 |
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Running time | 115 mins |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Family Diary (Italian:Cronaca familiare) is a 1962Italian film directed byValerio Zurlini and is based on the novel of the same name byVasco Pratolini. Enrico, played byMarcello Mastroianni, is a struggling artist in 1945 Rome who recently lost his brother, Lorenzo (played byJacques Perrin). Enrico recalls their tumultuous relationship and examines grief,existentialism, and the importance of familial ties.[1]
Family Diary is an adaptation of the 1947 semi-autobiographical novel byVasco Pratolini,Cronaca familiare, or, in English,Two Brothers.
The film was awarded with theGolden Lion at the1962 Venice International Film Festival and it has been acclaimed as one of Zurlini's greatest achievements.
Marcello Mastroianni plays Enrico, a struggling journalist in 1945 Rome. He receives a phone call informing him that his younger brother Lorenzo (Jacques Perrin) has died. Enrico recalls their long and difficult relationship. Enrico was raised by their poor but warm-hearted grandmother (Sylvie), while Lorenzo was raised as a gentleman by a wealthy local aristocrat. Reunited in theFlorence 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.
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