Summary
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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Credits
- Director: Ettore Scola
- Script: Graziano Diana, Ruggero Maccari, Furio Scarpelli, Ettore Scola
- Photo: 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), Fabrizio Cerusico (Paolino as a young man), Ricky Tognazzi (Paolino, as a man), Barbara Scoppa (Maddalena), Philippe Noiret (Jean Luc), Giampiero Gregori (Uncle Nicola (young)), Renzo Palmer (Uncle Nicola (old)), Marco Vivio (Carletto, as a boy), Sergio Castellitto (Carletto, as a man), Maurizio Marsala (Enrico, as a child), Riccardo Massimi (Enrico as a young man), Giuseppe Cederna (Enrico, as a man), Massimo Venturiello (Armando), Dagmar Lassander (Marika), Andrea Livier Aronovich (Marina), Silvana De Santis (Juliette I), Paola Agosti (Juliette II), Francesca Balletta (Carlo’s grandmother), Jacques Peyrac (Dr. Giordani), Antonio De Leo (Uncle Michele), Allessandra Zoppi (Wife of Uncle Michele), Raffaela Davi (Doorkeeper), Maria Holst (Christel)
- Country: Italy / France
- Language: English / Italian
- Runtime: 122 min
- Aka: Famille, La; The Family
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