Family Diary

Family Diary
Family Diary
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
Release dates	September 1962 (premiere at VFF); 11 November 1963 (New York City); 8 December 1963 (United States);
Running time	115 mins
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Family Diary (Italian: Cronaca familiare) is a 1962 Italian film directed by Valerio Zurlini and is based on the novel of the same name by Vasco Pratolini. Enrico, played by Marcello Mastroianni, is a struggling artist in 1945 Rome who recently lost his brother, Lorenzo (played by Jacques 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 by Vasco Pratolini, Cronaca familiare, or, in English, Two Brothers.

The film was awarded with the Golden Lion at the 1962 Venice International Film Festival and 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. 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 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.

External links

Family Diary at IMDb
[1] Martha King's English translation of Cronaca familiare as Family Chronicle.

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[1] "Family Diary (1962)". IMDb.

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