"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
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
Consuelo Pascali
Adelina as a child
Ilaria Stuppia
Adelina as a young woman
Ottavia Piccolo
Adelina
Athina Cenci
Aunt Margherita
Ettore Scola
Director, Screenplay, Story, Editor
Furio Scarpelli
Screenplay, Story
Ruggero Maccari
Screenplay, Story
Franco Committeri
Producer
Ricardo Aronovich
Director of Photography
Armando Trovajoli
Original Music Composer
Francesco Malvestito
Editor
Gabriella Pescucci
Costume Design
Cinzia Lo Fazio
Production Design
Luciano Ricceri
Production Design
