The Family

The Family

7.5

Jan 20 1987

2h 7m

Drama

"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.

Vittorio Gassman

Vittorio Gassman

Carlo as a man / Carlo's grandfather

Fanny Ardant

Fanny Ardant

Adriana

Stefania Sandrelli

Stefania Sandrelli

Beatrice

Andrea Occhipinti

Andrea Occhipinti

Carlo as a young man