The Family
1987 · Movie · 127 min. · Italy
"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.
Direction Ettore Scola
Cast Vittorio Gassman · Stefania Sandrelli · Fanny Ardant · Philippe Noiret · Carlo Dapporto · Jo Champa · Cecilia Dazzi · Ottavia Piccolo · Memè Perlini
Soundtrack Armando Trovajoli
Screenplay Ruggero Maccari · Furio Scarpelli · Ettore Scola
Cinematography Ricardo Aronovich
Original title La famiglia
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