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(aka "Incompreso (Vita col figlio)" or "Misunderstood")
Directed by Luigi Comencini
Italy 1966
John Duncombe, the British consul in Florence, returns home from his wife’s funeral to his two children, who are unaware of their mother’s passing. He makes the decision to tell his eldest son, Andrea, but hides the truth from his sickly younger son, Milo.
Director Luigi Comenicini (The Sunday Woman) captures the innocence and carefree moments of youth alongside the agonising feelings of grief, creating one of the finest films about childhood, one which can stand alongside The 400 Blows, The Spirit of the Beehive and L'enfance nue. A Palme d’Or nominee at the Cannes Film Festival and recipient of multiple awards from Italian institutions, Misunderstood features remarkable performances from the children and from Anthony Quayle (Lawrence of Arabia) as Duncombe. *** 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. Excerpt from Wikipedia located HERE |
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Theatrical Release: December 19th , 1966 (Milan, premiere)
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Runtime | 1:43:57.856 | |
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Edition Details: • Interview with co-screenwriter Piero De Bernardi and Cristina Comenicini, the director’s daughter and herself a noted filmmaker (2008, 35:10)• Interview with legendary critic Michel Ciment (2021, 23:36) • A Child’s Heart - a visual essay by David Cairns on Comencini and the filmmaker’s affinity for childhood stories (2023, 24:44) • Trailer (3:18) Reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original promotional materials Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by critic Manuela Lazic and a newly translated archival interview with Comencini
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Radiance use a linear PCM dual-mono track (24-bit) in the
original Italian language. Misunderstood
has few aggressive moments that come through with modest depth
and a strong piano score by Fiorenzo Carpi (The
Howl.) Many will recognize classical pieces like Mozart's
Piano concerto #23 in A and Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto. Audio
is flat but clean in the uncompressed transfer. Radiance offer optional English subtitles on
their Region FREE
Blu-ray.
The Radiance
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Luigi Comencini made films from the 1940's
through to 1991 and his
Bread, Love and Dreams
featured Vittorio De Sica and Gina Lollobrigida which was regarded as a
quintessential example of neorealismo rosa ('pink neorealism' or a
"sweet comedy / romance") a sub-genre of already popular Commedia
all'italiana. I think I have only seen one of the director's films; The
Sunday Woman with Marcello Mastroianni,
Jacqueline Bisset and Jean-Louis Trintignant - which I found
unique and I enjoyed. Misunderstood is a heart-breaking portrait
of maternal loss and absentee parenting by a career-dominated father.
The film focuses almost entirely on the two sons who don't carry any
awareness of the trappings of an adult existence, although the eldest
Andrea (Stefano Colagrande) comes across as quite mature with
inscrutable eyes. He always shows patience for his younger brother.
Andrea is seeking his father's approval - a connection. Without it - he
is becoming rebellious. Yes... melodrama - but impacting-ly effective
with childhood innocence involved. There was a lackluster 1984 remake of
Misunderstood
with Gene Hackman. I was surprised by my strong reaction to Luigi
Comencini's
Misunderstood - an extremely touching and artfully made film. We
strongly recommend the
Radiance Blu-ray
and hope they can bring more of this director's work to the format.
Absolutely recommended.
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