Conversation Piece

1974 · 121 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 5,441 VOTES · DIR. Luchino Visconti

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Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,297 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:19 Exquisite
00:06:28 if you had simpler shelves in your study there'd be no more problem
00:11:03 Excuse me
00:15:46 Oh, that's silly, we're only trying it out.
00:20:16 One bathroom. The improvement of one bathroom is all the lease allows.
00:23:43 Good God! What the hell has happened here?
00:29:56 But since you have done so, I have every reason to believe you had some purpose in mind
00:33:54 - I wasrt complaining in the least - Still it surprises me
00:37:00 It doesn't have your terrace upstairs, but at least he'll not get kicked out.
00:40:47 Oh Professor listen, here it is
00:44:47 Very strong, for the walls
00:48:34 Oh shut up Stefano Oiao Professor, goodnight
00:55:40 Let me get you a tranquiliser
01:02:43 Put it there, on the table
01:11:36 When you see a fair form, chase it, and if possible embrace it! Be it a girl or a boy
01:14:51 Someone to whom I could tell the few things I know
01:18:34 I think an oil painting would've been perfect there
01:21:50 You know he was arrested then, he was one of the most active
01:26:47 Oh you didn't see it? I slipped it under your door this evening
01:31:05 Old people are strange animals my dear. Don't you know that?
01:34:42 Was the man who spoke to your husband Berti Gesperti by any chance?
01:38:30 because I'm still a lapdog, that an important lady boldly took into places where dogs aren't allowed
01:42:29 People damned in hell while away their time accusing each other in the way you two do
01:48:07 announced to him, in one of death's many deceitful disguises.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,297
Dialogue density10.7 lines / min
First line00:02:19
Final line01:48:07

Production Record

DirectorLuchino Visconti
LanguageItalian
IMDb votes5,441