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The Family

75% | Jan 20, 1987 | Drama

"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.

Featured Crew

Ettore Scola
Director
Ruggero Maccari
Story

Cast

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Vittorio Gassman
Carlo as a man / Carlo's grandfather
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Fanny Ardant
Adriana
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Andrea Occhipinti
Carlo as a young man
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Emanuele Lamaro
Carlo as a child

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