Family Diary (1962)

7.0/10 108 min Drama

Overview

Enrico is a struggling journalist in the Rome of 1945. He receives a phone call informing him that his younger brother Lorenzo has died. Enrico recalls their long and difficult relationship; he was brought up by their poor but warm-hearted grandmother, Lorenzo was raised as a gentleman by a wealthy local aristocrat. Reunited in the Florence of the 1930s, Enrico becomes his spoilt brother's keeper, forever haunted by a sense of guilty responsibility towards a man he both hates and loves.

Cast

Marcello Mastroianni

Enrico

Jacques Perrin

Lorenzo Mainardi

Salvo Randone

Salocchi

Valeria Ciangottini

Enzina

Sylvie

Grandmother

Marco Guglielmi

Serena Vergano

Hospital Nun

Marcella Valeri

Franca Pasut

Nino Fuscagni

Miranda Campa

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