Conversation Piece (1974)

Name: Conversation Piece
Released: 1974

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.

Genres: Drama, Romance

What to watch after Conversation Piece

Death in Venice (1971) — Same feel: dramatic, melancholy
Journey to Italy (1954) — Same feel: dramatic, complex
Senso (1954) — Luchino Visconti directed both
Marriage Italian Style (1964) — Two steps away in the credits
Roma (1972)
Juliet of the Spirits (1965)