Movie

The Family

★ 7.5/10 · 129 votes 1987 2h 7m Released

Drama

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.

Cast

Vittorio Gassman Carlo as a man / Carlo's g Fanny Ardant Adriana Stefania Sandrelli Beatrice Andrea Occhipinti Carlo as a young man E Emanuele Lamaro Carlo as a child Cecilia Dazzi Beatrice as a young woman