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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

Vittorio Gassman

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Carlo as a man / Carlo's grandfather

Fanny Ardant

Fanny Ardant

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Adriana

Stefania Sandrelli

Stefania Sandrelli

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Beatrice

Andrea Occhipinti

Andrea Occhipinti

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Carlo as a young man

Emanuele Lamaro

Emanuele Lamaro

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Carlo as a child

Cecilia Dazzi

Cecilia Dazzi

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Beatrice as a young woman

Jo Champa

Jo Champa

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Adriana as a young woman

127 minutes

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