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'Family Diary' is a 1962 Italian film directed by Valerio Zurlini and based on the novel by Vasco Pratolini. It tells the story of two brothers (played by Marcello Mastroianni and Jacques Perrin) who are brought up apart from each other at their mother's death, then brought together by difficult family circumstances.

Described by Elliot Stein in 'The Village Voice' as "the classiest 'male weepie' ever filmed",Stein, Elliot. [http://www.villagevoice.com/film/valerio-zurlinis-autumn-tales-6417741 "Valerio Zurlinis Autumn Tales"], 'The Village Voice', 22 August 2000. Retrieved on 5 August 2016. 'Family Diary' is an exemplary adaptation of the semi-autobiographical Vasco Pratolini novel 'Two Brothers', and won Zurlini a shared Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

Marcello Mastroianni gives a sensitive, finely judged performance as Enrico, a struggling journalist in the Rome of 1945. He receives a phone call informing him that his younger brother Lorenzo (Jacques Perrin) has died. Enrico recalls their long and difficult relationship; he was brought up by their poor but warm-hearted grandmother (Sylvie), while Lorenzo was raised as a gentleman by a wealthy local aristocrat. Reunited in the Florence of the 1930s, Enrico becomes his spoiled brother's keeper, forever haunted by a sense of guilt and responsibility towards a man he both hates and loves.

Beautifully photographed by Giuseppe Rotunno, this austere, deeply felt masterwork has been acclaimed as one of Zurlini's greatest achievements.

Cast



* Marcello Mastroianni - Enrico

* Jacques Perrin - Lorenzo

* Sylvie - Grandmother

* Salvo Randone - Salocchi

* Valeria Ciangottini - Enzina

* Serena Vergano - Hospital Nun

* Marco Guglielmi

* Franca Pasut

* Miranda Campa

* Nino Fuscagni

* Marcella Valeri

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