At a family reunion to celebrate his eightieth birthday, Carlo revisits
his past and recalls moments of joy and despair. He remembers his
love affairs with Adriana and Béatrice, the turbulence and drama
that came with Fascism, and the anxieties that took hold of him when
his children were growing up. The family has been his life, his
most cherished thing, but how things have changed....
Cast: Emanuele Lamaro (Carlo, as a child),
Andrea Occhipinti (Carlo as a young man),
Vittorio Gassman (Carlo, as a man),
Cecilia Dazzi (Beatrice, as a girl),
Stefania Sandrelli (Beatrice),
Jo Champa (Adriana as a young woman),
Fanny Ardant (Adriana),
Joska Versari (Giulio, as a child),
Alberto Gimignani (Giulio, as a boy),
Massimo Dapporto (Giulio, as a boy),
Carlo Dapporto (Giulio, as a man),
Consuelo Pascali (Adelina, as a child),
Ilaria Stuppia (Adelina, as a girl),
Ottavia Piccolo (Adelina),
Athina Cenci (Aunt Margherita),
Alessandra Panelli (Aunt Luise),
Monica Scattini (Aunt Ornella),
Memè Perlini (Aristide),
Hanja Kochansky (Susanna),
Allessandro Pizzolato (Paolino, as a child)
Country: Italy / France
Language: Italian
Support: Color
Runtime: 122 min
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