The Family
“In 1906 Carlo was born into a very large family...”
Carlo (Vittorio Gassman) wants both the comfort of a steady home and the passion he feels for Adriana (Fanny Ardant), and he cannot make himself choose. Ettore Scola follows him across eighty years without once leaving the house, starting at his baptism and moving room by room through his life. The film begins and ends with a formal portrait, a baby held on a grandfather's lap.
Emanuele Lamaroas Carlo as a child
Joska Versarias Giulio as a child
Alberto Gimignanias Giulio as a young man
Massimo Dapportoas Giulio as a middle-aged man
Carlo Dapportoas Giulio as an old man
Consuelo Pascalias Adelina as a child
Ilaria Stuppiaas Adelina as a young woman
Alessandra Panellias Aunt Luisa
Hanja Kochanskyas Susanna
Allessandro Pizzolatoas Paolino as a child
Fabrizio Cerusicoas Paolino as a young man