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.
Director:
Ettore Scola
Writers:
Furio Scarpelli, Ruggero Maccari, Ettore Scola.
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Vittorio Gassman as Carlo as a man / Carlo's grandfather |
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Fanny Ardant as Adriana |
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Stefania Sandrelli as Beatrice |
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Andrea Occhipinti as Carlo as a young man |
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Emanuele Lamaro as Carlo as a child |
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Cecilia Dazzi as Beatrice as a young woman |
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Jo Champa as Adriana as a young woman |
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Joska Versari as Giulio as a child |
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Alberto Gimignani as Giulio as a young man |
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Massimo Dapporto as Giulio as a middle-aged man |
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Carlo Dapporto as Giulio as an old man |
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Consuelo Pascali as Adelina as a child |
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Ilaria Stuppia as Adelina as a young woman |
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Ottavia Piccolo as Adelina |
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Athina Cenci as Aunt Margherita |
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Alessandra Panelli as Aunt Luisa |
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Monica Scattini as Aunt Ornella |
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Ricky Tognazzi as Paolino as a middle-aged man |
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Philippe Noiret as Jean-Luc |
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Sergio Castellitto as Carletto as a young man |
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Memè Perlini as Aristide |
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Hanja Kochansky as Susanna |
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Allessandro Pizzolato as Paolino as a child |
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Fabrizio Cerusico as Paolino as a young man |
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Barbara Scoppa as Maddalena |
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Giampiero Gregori as Uncle Nicola (young) |
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Renzo Palmer as Uncle Nicola (old) |
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Marco Vivio as Carletto as a boy |
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Maurizio Marsala as Enrico as a child |
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Riccardo Massimi as Enrico as a young man |
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Giuseppe Cederna as Enrico as a middle-aged man |
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Massimo Venturiello as Armando |
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Dagmar Lassander as Marika |
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Andrea Livier Aronovich as Marina |
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Silvana De Santis as Juliette I |
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Paola Agosti as Juliette II |
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Francesca Balletta as Carlo's grandmother |
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Jacques Peyrac as Dr. Giordani |
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Raffaela Davi as Doorkeeper |
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Antonio De Leo as Uncle Michele |
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Allessandra Zoppi as Wife of Uncle Michele |
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Eleonora Cecere as (uncredited) |
| Production | Franco Committeri | Producer |
| Writing | Ruggero Maccari | Story |
| Directing | Lucilla Clementelli | Script Supervisor |
| Editing | Francesco Malvestito | Editor |
| Camera | Ricardo Aronovich | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Furio Scarpelli | Screenplay |
| Art | Luciano Ricceri | Production Design |
| Writing | Furio Scarpelli | Story |
| Art | Cinzia Lo Fazio | Production Design |
| Directing | Ettore Scola | Director |
| Writing | Ruggero Maccari | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ettore Scola | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ettore Scola | Story |
| Writing | Graziano Diana | Co-Writer |
| Editing | Ettore Scola | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gabriella Pescucci | Costume Design |
| Sound | Armando Trovajoli | Original Music Composer |