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