Conversation Piece (1974)
Starring Burt Lancaster, Helmut Berger, Silvana Mangano
Directed by Luchino Visconti
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.
Runtime: 121 min.
Rating: 7.3
DVD
Languages: Italiano
Countries: Italy
Genres: Drama,Romance
Keywords: retiree,aging,painting,loneliness,apartment,landlord tenant relationship
Cast
The Professor
Konrad Huebel
Marquise Bianca Brumonti
Lietta Brumonti
Stefano
Micheli
Blanchard
Paintings seller
Professor's wife
Professor's mother