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.

7.467

127 min

Cast

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

Emanuele Lamaro

as Carlo as a child

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

Consuelo Pascali

as Adelina as a child

Ilaria Stuppia

as Adelina as a young woman

Ottavia Piccolo

as Adelina

Athina Cenci

as Aunt Margherita

Alessandra Panelli

as Aunt Luisa

Monica Scattini

as Aunt Ornella

Ricky Tognazzi

as Paolino as a middle-aged man

Philippe Noiret

as Jean-Luc

Sergio Castellitto

as Carletto as a young man

Memè Perlini

as Aristide

Hanja Kochansky

as Susanna

Allessandro Pizzolato

as Paolino as a child

Fabrizio Cerusico

as Paolino as a young man

Barbara Scoppa

as Maddalena

Giampiero Gregori

as Uncle Nicola (young)

Renzo Palmer

as Uncle Nicola (old)

Marco Vivio

as Carletto as a boy

Maurizio Marsala

as Enrico as a child

Riccardo Massimi

as Enrico as a young man

Giuseppe Cederna

as Enrico as a middle-aged man

Massimo Venturiello

as Armando

Dagmar Lassander

as Marika

Andrea Livier Aronovich

as Marina

Silvana De Santis

as Juliette I

Paola Agosti

as Juliette II

Francesca Balletta

as Carlo's grandmother

Jacques Peyrac

as Dr. Giordani

Raffaela Davi

as Doorkeeper

Antonio De Leo

as Uncle Michele

Allessandra Zoppi

as Wife of Uncle Michele

Eleonora Cecere

as (uncredited)

Director

Ettore Scola