La Famiglia (1987)
Directed by Ettore Scola

Drama / History / Romance
aka: The Family

Film Synopsis

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....
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Film Credits

  • Director: Ettore Scola
  • Script: Graziano Diana (dialogue), Ruggero Maccari (story), Furio Scarpelli (story), Ettore Scola (story)
  • Cinematographer: Ricardo Aronovich
  • Music: Armando Trovajoli
  • 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
  • Aka: The Family

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