Misunderstood
Film poster
Directed byLuigi Comencini
Screenplay byLeonardo Benvenuti
Piero De Bernardi
Lucia Drudi Demby
Story byGiuseppe Mangione
Florence Montgomery
Produced byAngelo Rizzoli
StarringAnthony Quayle
CinematographyArmando Nannuzzi
Edited byNino Baragli
Music byFiorenzo Carpi
Release date
  • 19 December 1966 (1966-12-19)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Misunderstood (Italian: Incompreso) is a 1966 Italian drama film directed by Luigi Comencini. It was entered into the 1967 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Plot

Duncombe is the UK Consul General in Florence, Italy. He becomes a widower when his two sons, Andrew and Miles, are still children. Andrew, the elder, apparently reacts with adult maturity to the loss of his mother, looking after little Miles, an attempt to find a way out of such premature heart-crushing loss. Miles constantly blames Andrew for his mischievous behavior but his brother valiantly takes said blame as his personality is that of a grown up, or at least that is what he tries to be. The father, given his mandate, is often absent, both physically and emotionally, especially toward Andrew. It will be at the end that Duncombe will acknowledge his mistakes when finding himself at a father's point of no return.

Cast

  • Sir Anthony Quayle as John Duncombe
  • Stefano Colagrande as Andrew
  • Simone Giannozzi as Miles
  • John Sharp as Uncle William
  • Adriana Facchetti as Luisa
  • Anna Maria Nardini as little girl in a movie theatre
  • Silla Bettini as a Judo teacher
  • Rino Benini as Casimirio
  • Giorgia Moll as Miss Judy
  • Graziella Granata as Dora

References

  1. "Festival de Cannes: Misunderstood". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 8 March 2009.


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