

The Family
1987 Directed by Ettore Scola"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.
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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
Director
...........................................................Ettore Scola
Producer
...........................................................Franco Committeri
Story
...........................................................Ruggero Maccari
Furio Scarpelli
Ettore Scola
Screenplay
...........................................................Ruggero Maccari
Furio Scarpelli
Production Companies
...................................................Cinecittà Studios
Cinémax
Production Countries
........................................................France
Italy
Spoken Languages
....................................................English
Italiano
Español
Genres
....................................................Drama
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