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.
Acted in
Vittorio Gassman
as Carlo as a man / Carlo's grandfather
Fanny Ardant
as Adriana
Stefania Sandrelli
as Beatrice
Andrea Occhipinti
as Carlo as a young man
Emanuele Lamaro
as Carlo as a child
Cecilia Dazzi
as Beatrice as a young woman
Jo Champa
as Adriana as a young woman
Joska Versari
as Giulio as a child
Alberto Gimignani
as Giulio as a young man
Massimo Dapporto
as Giulio as a middle-aged man
Carlo Dapporto
as Giulio as an old man
Consuelo Pascali
as Adelina as a child
Ilaria Stuppia
as Adelina as a young woman
Ottavia Piccolo
as Adelina
Athina Cenci
as Aunt Margherita
Alessandra Panelli
as Aunt Luisa
Monica Scattini
as Aunt Ornella
Ricky Tognazzi
as Paolino as a middle-aged man
Philippe Noiret
as Jean-Luc
Sergio Castellitto
as Carletto as a young man
Memè Perlini
as Aristide
Hanja Kochansky
as Susanna
Allessandro Pizzolato
as Paolino as a child
Fabrizio Cerusico
as Paolino as a young man
Barbara Scoppa
as Maddalena
Giampiero Gregori
as Uncle Nicola (young)
Renzo Palmer
as Uncle Nicola (old)
Marco Vivio
as Carletto as a boy
Maurizio Marsala
as Enrico as a child
Riccardo Massimi
as Enrico as a young man
Giuseppe Cederna
as Enrico as a middle-aged man
Massimo Venturiello
as Armando
Dagmar Lassander
as Marika
Andrea Livier Aronovich
as Marina
Silvana De Santis
as Juliette I
Paola Agosti
as Juliette II
Francesca Balletta
as Carlo's grandmother
Jacques Peyrac
as Dr. Giordani
Raffaela Davi
as Doorkeeper
Antonio De Leo
as Uncle Michele
Allessandra Zoppi
as Wife of Uncle Michele
Eleonora Cecere
as (uncredited)