Family Diary

Family Diary (Cronaca familiare) is a 1962 Italian film directed by Valerio Zurlini and is based on the novel by Vasco Pratolini. Enrico, played by Marcello Mastroianni, is a struggling artist in 1945 Rome who recently loses his brother, Lorenzo (played by Jacques Perrin) and recalls their tumultuous relationship and examines grief, existentialism, and the importance of familial ties.

Described by Elliot Stein in The Village Voice as "the classiest 'male weepie' ever filmed", Family Diary is an adaptation of the 1947 semi-autobiographical novel by Vasco Pratolini, Cronaca familiare, or in english Two Brothers.

At the 1962 Venice Film Festival Family Diary was awarded a Golden Lion for Best Picture Photographed by Giuseppe Rotunno, it has been acclaimed as one of Zurlini's greatest achievements.

Plot
Marcello Mastroianni plays Enrico, a struggling journalist in 1945 Rome. 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 raised 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.

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