Family Diary

1962 · 108 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 1,235 VOTES · DIR. Valerio Zurlini

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Overview

Enrico is a struggling journalist in the Rome of 1945. He receives a phone call informing him that his younger brother Lorenzo has died. Enrico recalls their long and difficult relationship; he was brought up by their poor but warm-hearted grandmother, Lorenzo was raised as a gentleman by a wealthy local aristocrat. Reunited in the Florence of the 1930s, Enrico becomes his spoilt brother's keeper, forever haunted by a sense of guilty responsibility towards a man he both hates and loves.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,212 lines

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00:00:20 the flower of your tender years fallen
00:09:51 Lorenzo, madam, Lorenzo.
00:12:49 As we brought up this kid, we would have known to bring up the other also.
00:18:29 I managed to avoid you by hiding from you.
00:23:20 With this.
00:27:19 Remember Madam Salocchi?
00:33:03 Would you give me a cigarette
00:38:00 Really?
00:43:55 Good day mother.
00:46:54 I'm sorry.
00:52:10 What I'm talking of concerns you.
00:55:29 We are like soldiers.
00:59:02 - No, grandma...! - Yes, don't worry, I don't need it...
01:04:14 Any news?
01:07:06 They were right by firing me.
01:12:01 - After all, the last years I think... - Yes, yes, say it:
01:14:58 And you made that mistake.
01:21:24 - And now? - Not, go on, don't be afraid.
01:24:34 They've put that idea in your head, I don't know why.
01:28:13 Lorenzo
01:31:06 Let me! Let me! Let me, come on!
01:33:35 But there's little hope.
01:37:55 That too.
01:40:57 ...a black suit...

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,212
Dialogue density11.2 lines / min
First line00:00:20
Final line01:40:57

Production Record

DirectorValerio Zurlini
LanguageItalian
IMDb votes1,235