Conversation Piece (1974)

Original title

Gruppo di Famiglia in un Interno

Directed by

Luchino Visconti

Genre

drama film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

2h 01m

Rated

R

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 161 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An aging American professor lives a quiet, isolated life in his Roman apartment filled with art. He is forced out of his solitude when a brash young marquis and his family move in upstairs and eventually invade his home. The story follows the conflict between his old-world refinement and their chaotic modernity.

melancholicslow-burntensecerebralunsettlingpoignantatmosphericintrospective

What happens

Conversation Piece (Italian: Gruppo di famiglia in un interno) is a 1974 drama film directed, co-written, and produced by Luchino Visconti. It stars Burt Lancaster, Helmut Berger, Silvana Mangano, and Romolo Valli; with cameo appearances by Claudia Cardinale and Dominique Sanda. The film explores such themes as the collision between old and new, imminence of death, existential crises, and the sociopolitical gap between generations. The title refers to an informal group portrait, especially those painted in Britain in the 18th century, beginning in the 1720s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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