The Family

"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.

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  Vittorio Gassman

  Carlo as a man / Carlo's grandfather
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  Fanny Ardant

  Adriana
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  Stefania Sandrelli

  Beatrice
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  Andrea Occhipinti

  Carlo as a young man
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  Cecilia Dazzi

  Beatrice as a young woman
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  Jo Champa

  Adriana as a young woman
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  Joska Versari

  Giulio as a child
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  Alberto Gimignani

  Giulio as a young man
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  Massimo Dapporto

  Giulio as a middle-aged man
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  Carlo Dapporto

  Giulio as an old man