Family Diary (Italian: Cronaca familiare) is a 1962 Italian film directed by Valerio Zurlini and is based on the novel by Vasco Pratolini. Enrico, played by Marcello Mastroianni, is a struggling artist in 1945 Rome who recently loses his brother, Lorenzo (played by Jacques Perrin) and recalls their tumultuous relationship and examines grief, existentialism, and the importance of familial ties[1].
Described by Elliot Stein in The Village Voice as "the classiest 'male weepie' ever filmed",[2] Family Diary is an adaptation of the 1947 semi-autobiographical novel by Vasco Pratolini, Cronaca familiare, or in english Two Brothers.
At the 1962 Venice Film Festival Family Diary was awarded a Golden Lion for Best Picture Photographed by Giuseppe Rotunno, it has been acclaimed as one of Zurlini's greatest achievements.
Plot
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. 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.
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
- ^ "Family Diary (1962)". IMDb.
- ^ 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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