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The Family

La famiglia

19872h 7mDrama
directed by Ettore Scola

“In 1906 Carlo was born into a very large family...”

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7.5 / 10
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7.4 / 10
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Synopsis

"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