Release, runtime and language

1962 · 108 mins · Italian

Directed by

Valerio Zurlini

Starring

Marcello Mastroianni, Jacques Perrin, Valeria Ciangottini, Salvo Randone, Nino Fuscagni, Sylvie

Set in post‑war Rome, struggling journalist Enrico learns that his younger brother Lorenzo has died. He reflects on their fraught childhood: Enrico grew up with their modest, loving grandmother, while Lorenzo was taken in by a wealthy aristocrat and raised as a gentleman. Their reunion in 1930s Florence makes Enrico the reluctant guardian of his spoiled brother, leaving him burdened by a deep, conflicted sense of guilt, love, and resentment.