
The Family
"The Family," an album with a velvet cover, is meant to touch the extended family of man. Formal portraits, bookends in this 80-year saga, enclose the central story, which opens with the baptism of Carlo, a baby in his grandfather's lap, and ends with Carlo as a grandfather with a baby in his arms. And never once do we get out of the house, whose rooms provide the film's structure. Comfort or passion? Carlo couldn't really decide until it was too late.
Release Date: 1987-01-20
Drama
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Casts

Vittorio Gassman
as Carlo as a man / Carlo's grandfather

Fanny Ardant
as Adriana

Stefania Sandrelli
as Beatrice

Andrea Occhipinti
as Carlo as a young man

Cecilia Dazzi
as Beatrice as a young woman

Jo Champa
as Adriana as a young woman

Joska Versari
as Giulio as a child

Alberto Gimignani
as Giulio as a young man

Massimo Dapporto
as Giulio as a middle-aged man

Carlo Dapporto
as Giulio as an old man