The Family (1987)
"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 & Crew
Vittorio Gassman
Carlo as a man / Carlo's grandfather
Fanny Ardant
Adriana
Stefania Sandrelli
Beatrice
Andrea Occhipinti
Carlo as a young man
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
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
Barbara Scoppa
Maddalena
Renzo Palmer
Uncle Nicola (old)
Marco Vivio
Carletto as a boy
Giuseppe Cederna
Enrico as a middle-aged man
Massimo Venturiello
Armando
Dagmar Lassander
Marika
Silvana De Santis
Juliette I
Paola Agosti
Juliette II
Antonio De Leo
Uncle Michele
Eleonora Cecere
(uncredited)
Franco Committeri
Producer
Furio Scarpelli, Ruggero Maccari, Ettore Scola
Screenplay
Ettore Scola
Director
