Conversation Piece

Original title: Gruppo di famiglia in un interno

1974
18
2h 1m

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Burt Lancaster, Helmut Berger, Silvana Mangano, and Claudia Marsani in Conversation Piece (1974)

A reclusive retired professor is faced with confronting modernity when a group of vulgar youths led by an obnoxious marchesa take up residence in his unused upper residence.A reclusive retired professor is faced with confronting modernity when a group of vulgar youths led by an obnoxious marchesa take up residence in his unused upper residence.A reclusive retired professor is faced with confronting modernity when a group of vulgar youths led by an obnoxious marchesa take up residence in his unused upper residence.

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7.3/10

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Awards
- 13 wins & 4 nominations total

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Trivia
Because Luchino Visconti was severely affected by a stroke, the insurance companies refused the risk of insuring the production. The filming could begin only after Burt Lancaster promised to replace the director behind the camera if necessary.

Quotes
Marchesa Bianca Brumonti: He was too young to have learned this final nasty fact: grief is as precarious as anything else.

Alternate versions
The original UK cinema version was cut by the BBFC to remove two uses of the word 'cunt'. When the film was resubmitted in 2003 only one use of the word was present in the version and this was passed uncut.

Connections
Featured in Numéro deux (1975)

Soundtracks
Vorrei spiegarVi, oh Dio!
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Emilia Ravaglia soprano

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a film by Luchino Visconti

You discover entire his universe in this film who seems be an elegy. a film about solitude. and about family. politics. and love. dark. bitter. cruel. and precise definition of Visconti filmography themes. a film who works in admirable manner against the small not inspired details. more than other films, it represents a confession. honest. and terrible. about a world, about the others, about abdication, about force of challenges. about the way to define yourself.