The Family

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1987 · 127 min · Drama · TMDB 7.5/10

Overview

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 structure. Comfort or passion? Carlo can't really decide until it's too late.

Directed by Ettore Scola

Cast

• 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