Conversation Piece (1974)

A tangled web of bizarre mystery

• Drama
• Romance

A retired professor of American origin lives a solitary life in a luxurious palazzo in Rome. He is confronted by a vulgar Italian marchesa and her lover, her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend, and forced to rent to them an apartment on the upper floor of his palazzo. From this point on his quiet routine is turned into chaos by his tenants' machinations, and everybody's life takes an unexpected but inevitable turn.

Rating

7.3 / 10 (173 votes)

Release date

December 20, 1974

Runtime

2h 01m

Language

Italian

Director

Luchino Visconti

Status

Released