Conversation Piece
dir. Luchino Visconti
72
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A retired professor of American origin lives a solitary life in a luxurious palazzo in Rome. He is confronted by a vulgar Italian marchesa and her lover, her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend, and forced to rent to them an apartment on the upper floor of his palazzo. From this point on his quiet routine is turned into chaos by his tenants' machinations, and everybody's life takes an unexpected but inevitable turn.
Directed byLuchino Visconti
StarringBurt Lancaster, Silvana Mangano, Helmut Berger, Claudia Marsani, Stefano Patrizi, Elvira Cortese
Written bySuso Cecchi d'Amico, Luchino Visconti, Enrico Medioli
CinematographyPasqualino De Santis
EditingRuggero Mastroianni
MusicFranco Mannino
Conversation Piece
1974 · R · 2h 1m
Drama, Romance
A retired professor of American origin lives a solitary life in a luxurious palazzo in Rome. He is confronted by a vulgar Italian marchesa and her lover, her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend, and forced to rent to them an apartment on the upper floor of his palazzo. From this point on his quiet routine is turned into chaos by his tenants' machinations, and everybody's life takes an unexpected but inevitable turn.
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