Conversation Piece

Conversation Piece

By Luchino Visconti

  • Genre: Foreign
  • Release Date: 1977-06-23
  • Advisory Rating: R
  • Runtime: 2h 1min
  • Director: Luchino Visconti
  • Production Company: Gaumont International
  • Production Country: France, Italy
  • iTunes Price: USD 8.99
  • iTunes Rent Price: USD 3.99
7.33/10
7.33
From 144 Ratings

Description

Luchino Visconti's award-winning classic examines the solitary life of a retired American professor (Burt Lancaster) who lives alone in a luxurious palazzo in Rome. When he is confronted by a vulgar Italian marchesa and her companions - her lover, her daughter and the daugther's boyfriend - he is forced to rent them an apartment on the upper floor of his palazzo. Before long his quiet routine is turned upside down and the introverted professor becomes entangled in his tenants' machinations. In the midst of this chaos each of the new neighbors' lives - including that of the professor himself - takes an unexpected but inevitable turn.

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  • a true classic

    5
    By papababoo
    great actors in a magnificent movie! what more could one wish for?
  • A Subtle Tragedy

    5
    By Rock Hound
    I wanted to see this film after I had recently seen the "working-class classic," BITTER RICE. Silvana Mangano stars in both films. Burt Lancaster turns in his best performance ever. Mangano is terrific. The dialogue and frequent comic relief are well done. Walls and people get knocked down in the film--it's no drawing-room melodrama.

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