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"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.

Genres: Drama, Romance

Starring: Vittorio Gassman, Fanny Ardant, Stefania Sandrelli

Released: January 1, 1987

Runtime: 127.0

Popularity Rating: 2.602

France, Italy, Spain

Carlo as a man / Carlo's grandfather Vittorio Gassman
Adriana Fanny Ardant
Beatrice Stefania Sandrelli
Carlo as a young man Andrea Occhipinti
Carlo as a child Emanuele Lamaro
Beatrice as a young woman Cecilia Dazzi
Adriana as a young woman Джо Чампа
Giulio as a child Joska Versari
Giulio as a young man Alberto Gimignani
Giulio as a middle-aged man Massimo Dapporto
Giulio as an old man Carlo Dapporto
Adelina as a child Consuelo Pascali
Adelina as a young woman Ilaria Stuppia
Adelina Ottavia Piccolo
Aunt Margherita Athina Cenci
Aunt Luisa Alessandra Panelli
Aunt Ornella Monica Scattini
Paolino as a middle-aged man Ricky Tognazzi
Jean-Luc Philippe Noiret
Carletto as a young man Sergio Castellitto
Aristide Meme Perlini
Susanna Hanja Kochansky
Paolino as a child Allessandro Pizzolato
Paolino as a young man Fabrizio Cerusico
Maddalena Barbara Scoppa
Uncle Nicola (young) Giampiero Gregori
Uncle Nicola (old) Renzo Palmer
Carletto as a boy Marco Vivio
Enrico as a child Maurizio Marsala
Enrico as a young man Riccardo Massimi
Enrico as a middle-aged man Giuseppe Cederna
Armando Massimo Venturiello
Marika Dagmar Lassander
Marina Andrea Livier Aronovich
Juliette I Silvana De Santis
Juliette II Paola Agosti
Carlo's grandmother Francesca Balletta
Dr. Giordani Jacques Peyrac
Doorkeeper Raffaela Davi
Uncle Michele Antonio De Leo
Wife of Uncle Michele Allessandra Zoppi

Art — Production Design: Cinzia Lo Fazio
Art — Production Design: Luciano Ricceri
Camera — Director of Photography: Ricardo Aronovich
Costume & Make-Up — Costume Design: Gabriella Pescucci
Directing — Director: Ettore Scola
Directing — Script Supervisor: Lucilla Clementelli
Editing — Editor: Ettore Scola
Editing — Editor: Francesco Malvestito
Production — Producer: Franco Committeri
Sound — Original Music Composer: Armando Trovaioli
Writing — Co-Writer: Graziano Diana
Writing — Screenplay: Ettore Scola
Writing — Screenplay: Furio Scarpelli
Writing — Screenplay: Ruggero Maccari
Writing — Story: Ettore Scola
Writing — Story: Furio Scarpelli
Writing — Story: Ruggero Maccari