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Conversation Piece (1974)

Conversation Piece (1974)

Drama Romance

A tangled web of bizarre mystery

Release Date: 1974, December 20
Directors: Luchino Visconti
Countries: France, Italy
Production: Gaumont International, Rusconi Film
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale, Enzo Fiermonte, Silvana Mangano, Helmut Berger, Dominique Sanda, Stefano Patrizi, Romolo Valli, Umberto Raho, Margherita Horowitz, Guy Tréjan, Elvira Cortese

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

class differences loneliness rome, italy aging painting retirement gigolo art collector bourgeoisie political activism