Gruppo di famiglia in un interno (Conversation Piece)

Gruppo di famiglia in un interno (Conversation Piece) (1974)

  • 75% of critics liked it
    (8 reviews)

  • 80% of users liked it
    (244 ratings)

An introverted American professor (Burt Lancaster) has retired to an Italian house, but finds his life interrupted when a decadent family moves upstairs. ~ John Bush, Rovi

R,
Directed By
Genres
Drama
In Theaters
Dec 10, 1974 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • Vincent Canby, New York Times

    As in bad plays, everyone always means exactly what he says and never has to think a second before saying it. There is no feeling for the complexity of the mental processes, for the mysterious ways in which the mind works.

  • Richard Knight, Knight at the Movies

    Flawed and misshapen as the movie remains, it's also clearly the work of a master of the camera-albeit one in his autumn years.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    A minor Visconti piece.

  • Brian Orndorf, BrianOrndorf.com

    Commences as a mannered story concerning an invasion of privacy, only to ultimately reveal itself as an open wound of feelings and political paranoia, shaped into a compelling sit by an influential, widely beloved filmmaker.

  • Jordan Cronk, Slant Magazine

    Luchino Visconti's penultimate work makes its Region 1 digital debut, finally restoring the film's original aspect ratio via an authentic, uncompromised transfer.

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  • Walter M


    In "Conversation Piece," Bianca(Silvana Mangano) barges into the Rome apartment of a retired professor(Burt Lancaster), an art historian. Mistakenly, he assumes she has something to do with the painting he is interested in buying and is unpleasantly surprised when he finds… More

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