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Family Portrait

Original title: Cronaca familiare
  • 1962
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 53m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
1.1K
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Family Portrait (1962)
Drama

A man recollects the life of his late younger brother.A man recollects the life of his late younger brother.A man recollects the life of his late younger brother.

  • Director
    • Valerio Zurlini
  • Writers
    • Vasco Pratolini
    • Valerio Zurlini
    • Mario Missiroli
  • Stars
    • Marcello Mastroianni
    • Jacques Perrin
    • Sylvie
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    1.1K
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    • Director
      • Valerio Zurlini
    • Writers
      • Vasco Pratolini
      • Valerio Zurlini
      • Mario Missiroli
    • Stars
      • Marcello Mastroianni
      • Jacques Perrin
      • Sylvie
    • 21User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 4 nominations

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    Family Portrait (1962)
    Marcello Mastroianni and Jacques Perrin in Family Portrait (1962)
    Marcello Mastroianni and Jacques Perrin in Family Portrait (1962)
    Family Portrait (1962)
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    Marcello Mastroianni
    Marcello Mastroianni
    • Enrico
    Jacques Perrin
    Jacques Perrin
    • Lorenzo
    Sylvie
    Sylvie
    • Grandmother
    Salvo Randone
    Salvo Randone
    • Salocchi
    Valeria Ciangottini
    • Enzina
    Serena Vergano
    Serena Vergano
    • Hospital Nun
    Marcella Valeri
    Franca Pasut
    Franca Pasut
    Marco Guglielmi
    • Hospital Doctor
    Nino Fuscagni
    Miranda Campa
    Angelo Casadei
    • Hospital Visitor
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Valerio Zurlini
    • Writers
      • Vasco Pratolini
      • Valerio Zurlini
      • Mario Missiroli
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    • Trivia
      Jacques Perrin had already played a boy named Lorenzo in the previous movie by Valerio Zurlini, "Girl with a Suitcase"
    • Goofs
      In the later sequence in the hospital, there are hairs on the film in several scenes.

    User reviews21

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    8/10
    Demonstrates the art of reticence.
    How this one slipped off the radar screen is beyond understanding. Against a very muted palette of tone on tone, in which the character Lorenzo's beige over-coat becomes a metaphor of his indefinite link with the beige walled world, director Zurlini weaves a fascinating story of two brothers separated at birth, who effect a tragic reunion in war torn Italy.

    Marcello Mastiroianni here offers a performance of greater depth than "La Dolce Vita" (which is just as it should be)but it is youngster Jacques Perrin's "Lorenzo" which surprises.

    His performance, (indeed the whole film) is a study in the power of the reticence, understatement and the unsaid. Mr. Perrin's eyes, particularly in the hospital sequences, speak those volumes and light those vistas that would be trivialized in dialog form.

    An excellent film with a core of deep sadness, that avoids the fatal commercial trap of sentimentalism.
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    • BrentCarleton
    • Jan 18, 2009

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    • Release date
      • March 2, 1963 (Sweden)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Languages
      • Italian
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Family Diary
    • Filming locations
      • Florence, Tuscany, Italy
    • Production company
      • Titanus - Metro
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 53 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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