In 1966 Ferruccio Lamborghini marveled the world with the beautiful Lamborghini Miura, a dream under wheels, probably Lamborghini's true masterpiece. In the same year, Italy also marveled the world with this movie named 'Incompreso' (which means 'Misunderstood' in Italian).
There are thousands and thousands of movies out there. All over the world. But once in a while there comes a movie that is special. This is one of them. Pure and poetic, it's worthy of any movie collection of true lovers of cinema. It's an excellent foreign movie, worthy of many Academy Oscars.
The story takes place in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Gorgeous settings are one of this movie's strengths, with aesthetic refinement, visuals in a classical style, beautiful photography and a typically Italian scenario which only accents the movie's charm.
Being an Italian movie, as you would (and should) expect, people talk very loud. Italians are known for being noisy. But let's face it, the actors do very well in their roles: Anthony Quayle as Sir John Edward Duncombe (the father), Stefano Colagrande as Andrea (the older son) and Simone Giannozzi as Milo (the younger son).
The movie is brilliantly directed by Luigi Comencini and it has beautiful music, very appropriate for the movie's dramatic nature, such as "Piano concerto #23 in A" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and "Rigoletto" by Giuseppe Verdi.
The story is about a man of high position (Sir John Edward Duncombe) who recently lost his wife and now's gotta raise his 2 children by himself. Although a good parent, he tends to be harsh and unfair towards Andrea, often blaming him for anything that goes wrong (especially when it comes to look after his brother). He often doesn't believe Andrea, which takes Andrea to despair. In fact, the movie's title can't be anything else than about Andrea, the misunderstood son.
The ending is emotional. Andrea is victim of a tragedy and that's when the father finally understands that even his older son needs to be loved, but unfortunately he realizes that too late.
This movie was remade in 1984 under the title 'Misunderstood'. It was directed by Jerry Schatzberg and stars Gene Hackman, Henry Thomas and Huckleberry Fox. It's a nice remake. Of course, has its differences comparing to the original, but it's very loyal to the Italian movie. I like both movies very much but the Italian version is unquestionably superior.
This should definitely be on Top 250.
There are thousands and thousands of movies out there. All over the world. But once in a while there comes a movie that is special. This is one of them. Pure and poetic, it's worthy of any movie collection of true lovers of cinema. It's an excellent foreign movie, worthy of many Academy Oscars.
The story takes place in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Gorgeous settings are one of this movie's strengths, with aesthetic refinement, visuals in a classical style, beautiful photography and a typically Italian scenario which only accents the movie's charm.
Being an Italian movie, as you would (and should) expect, people talk very loud. Italians are known for being noisy. But let's face it, the actors do very well in their roles: Anthony Quayle as Sir John Edward Duncombe (the father), Stefano Colagrande as Andrea (the older son) and Simone Giannozzi as Milo (the younger son).
The movie is brilliantly directed by Luigi Comencini and it has beautiful music, very appropriate for the movie's dramatic nature, such as "Piano concerto #23 in A" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and "Rigoletto" by Giuseppe Verdi.
The story is about a man of high position (Sir John Edward Duncombe) who recently lost his wife and now's gotta raise his 2 children by himself. Although a good parent, he tends to be harsh and unfair towards Andrea, often blaming him for anything that goes wrong (especially when it comes to look after his brother). He often doesn't believe Andrea, which takes Andrea to despair. In fact, the movie's title can't be anything else than about Andrea, the misunderstood son.
The ending is emotional. Andrea is victim of a tragedy and that's when the father finally understands that even his older son needs to be loved, but unfortunately he realizes that too late.
This movie was remade in 1984 under the title 'Misunderstood'. It was directed by Jerry Schatzberg and stars Gene Hackman, Henry Thomas and Huckleberry Fox. It's a nice remake. Of course, has its differences comparing to the original, but it's very loyal to the Italian movie. I like both movies very much but the Italian version is unquestionably superior.
This should definitely be on Top 250.