"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.
Vittorio Gassman
as Carlo as a man / Carlo's grandfather
Fanny Ardant
as Adriana
Stefania Sandrelli
as Beatrice
Andrea Occhipinti
as Carlo as a young man
Emanuele Lamaro
as Carlo as a child
Cecilia Dazzi
as Beatrice as a young woman
Jo Champa
as Adriana as a young woman
Joska Versari
as Giulio as a child
Alberto Gimignani
as Giulio as a young man
Massimo Dapporto
as Giulio as a middle-aged man
Carlo Dapporto
as Giulio as an old man
Consuelo Pascali
as Adelina as a child
