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''Misunderstood'' ( it, Incompreso) is a 1966 Italian
drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
Luigi Comencini Luigi Comencini (; 8 June 1916 – 6 April 2007)
''The Guardian'' was an Italian
. It was entered into the 1967 Cannes Film Festival.


Plot

Duncombe is the UK Consul General in
Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico ...
, 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.


Cast

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Sir Anthony Quayle Sir John Anthony Quayle (7 September 1913 – 20 October 1989) was a British actor and theatre director. He was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his supporting role as Thomas Wolsey in the film '' Anne of the Thousand Days'' (196 ...
as John Duncombe * Stefano Colagrande as Andrew * Simone Giannozzi as Miles * John Sharp as Uncle William * Adriana Facchetti as Luisa *
Anna Maria Nardini Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century) * Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221) ...
as little girl in a movie theatre *
Silla Bettini Silla or Shilla (57 BCE – 935 CE) ( , Old Korean: Syera, Old Japanese: Siraki2) was a Korean kingdom located on the southern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula. Silla, along with Baekje and Goguryeo, formed the Three Kingdoms of Ko ...
as a Judo teacher * Rino Benini as Casimirio * Giorgia Moll as Miss Judy * Graziella Granata as Dora


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* 1966 films 1966 drama films Italian drama films 1960s Italian-language films Films about brothers Films about death Films about dysfunctional families Films about children Films directed by Luigi Comencini Films set in Florence Films produced by Angelo Rizzoli Films scored by Fiorenzo Carpi 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Italy-film-stub