

The Family
2 hours 7 minutes1987-01-20
7.5
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"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.
Cast

Vittorio Gassman
Carlo as a man / Carlo's grandfather

Fanny Ardant
Adriana

Stefania Sandrelli
Beatrice

Andrea Occhipinti
Carlo as a young man

Emanuele Lamaro
Carlo as a child

Cecilia Dazzi
Beatrice as a young woman

Jo Champa
Adriana as a young woman

Joska Versari
Giulio as a child

Alberto Gimignani
Giulio as a young man

Massimo Dapporto
Giulio as a middle-aged man

Carlo Dapporto
Giulio as an old man

Consuelo Pascali
Adelina as a child

Ilaria Stuppia
Adelina as a young woman

Ottavia Piccolo
Adelina

Athina Cenci
Aunt Margherita

Alessandra Panelli
Aunt Luisa

Monica Scattini
Aunt Ornella

Ricky Tognazzi
Paolino as a middle-aged man

Philippe Noiret
Jean-Luc

Sergio Castellitto
Carletto as a young man

Memè Perlini
Aristide

Hanja Kochansky
Susanna

Allessandro Pizzolato
Paolino as a child

Fabrizio Cerusico
Paolino as a young man

Barbara Scoppa
Maddalena

Giampiero Gregori
Uncle Nicola (young)

Renzo Palmer
Uncle Nicola (old)

Marco Vivio
Carletto as a boy

Maurizio Marsala
Enrico as a child

Riccardo Massimi
Enrico as a young man

Giuseppe Cederna
Enrico as a middle-aged man

Massimo Venturiello
Armando

Dagmar Lassander
Marika

Andrea Livier Aronovich
Marina

Silvana De Santis
Juliette I

Paola Agosti
Juliette II

Francesca Balletta
Carlo's grandmother

Jacques Peyrac
Dr. Giordani

Raffaela Davi
Doorkeeper

Antonio De Leo
Uncle Michele

Allessandra Zoppi
Wife of Uncle Michele
