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The Family

7.519872h 7mMovieDrama

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…

DirectorEttore Scola
WritersFurio Scarpelli·Ruggero Maccari
ProducerFranco Committeri

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Cast · Directed by Ettore Scola

VGVittorio Gassman
Vittorio Gassman
Carlo as a man / Carlo's grandfather
FAFanny Ardant
Fanny Ardant
Adriana
SSStefania Sandrelli
Stefania Sandrelli
Beatrice
AOAndrea Occhipinti
Andrea Occhipinti
Carlo as a young man
EL
Emanuele Lamaro
Carlo as a child
CDCecilia Dazzi
Cecilia Dazzi
Beatrice as a young woman
JCJo Champa
Jo Champa
Adriana as a young woman
JVJoska Versari
Joska Versari
Giulio as a child
AGAlberto Gimignani
Alberto Gimignani
Giulio as a young man
MDMassimo Dapporto
Massimo Dapporto
Giulio as a middle-aged man
CDCarlo Dapporto
Carlo Dapporto
Giulio as an old man
CP
Consuelo Pascali
Adelina as a child

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