Misunderstood (1966 film)

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Misunderstood
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Directed by Luigi Comencini
Screenplay by Leonardo Benvenuti
Piero De Bernardi
Lucia Drudi Demby
Story by Giuseppe Mangione
Florence Montgomery
Produced by Angelo Rizzoli
Starring Anthony Quayle
Cinematography Armando Nannuzzi
Edited by Nino Baragli
Music by Fiorenzo 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]

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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 in an attempt to find a way out of his early heart-crushing loss. Miles constantly blames Andrew for his own 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. Because of the demands of his career, the father 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.

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References

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