The Family (1987 film)

La famiglia The Family
Film poster
Directed by	Ettore Scola
Written by	Ruggero Maccari Ettore Scola Furio Scarpelli
Produced by	Franco Committeri
Starring	Vittorio Gassman Stefania Sandrelli Fanny Ardant Sergio Castellitto Athina Cenci Jo Champa Massimo Dapporto Cecilia Dazzi Hania Kochansky Dagmar Lassander Andrea Occhipinti Alessandra Panelli Memè Perlini Ottavia Piccolo Monica Scattini Barbara Scoppa Ricky Tognazzi Massimo Venturiello Philippe Noiret Carlo Dapporto Renzo Palmer
Cinematography	Ricardo Aronovich
Edited by	Francesco Malvestito
Music by	Armando Trovajoli
Release date	22 January 1987 (1987-01-22)
Running time	137 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Family (Italian: La famiglia) is a 1987 Italian film directed by Ettore Scola and starring Vittorio Gassman, Fanny Ardant, Philippe Noiret, and Stefania Sandrelli. It was entered into the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

Plot[]

The film depicts a bourgeois Italian family seen through the eyes of Carlo, an old retired professor who is the last patriarch of his family. The memoirs of Carlo characterize the entire film, from the time of the Belle Époque until the 1980s, through two world wars, the economic boom, love, friendship, and all the events which constitute human life.

The film unfolds all around the apartment bought by the grandfather of Carlo. It shows the family, its dynastic succession, and its many traditions.

Cast[]

• Vittorio Gassman - Carlo as a man / Carlo's grandfather
• Stefania Sandrelli - Beatrice as a woman
• Andrea Occhipinti - Carlo as a young man
• Fanny Ardant - Adriana as a woman
• Philippe Noiret - Jean Luc
• Carlo Dapporto - Giulio as a man
• Massimo Dapporto - Giulio as a boy
• Sergio Castellitto - Carletto
• Ricky Tognazzi - Paolino
• Ottavia Piccolo - Adelina
• Athina Cenci - Aunt Margherita
• Emanuele Lamaro - Carlo as a child
• Cecilia Dazzi - Beatrice as a girl
• Jo Champa - Adriana as a young woman
• Joska Versari - Giulio as a child
• Alberto Gimignani - Giulio as a boy
• Dagmar Lassander - Marika

Awards[]

The film won five David di Donatello awards, six Nastro d'Argento awards, and it was an Academy Award nominee as Best Foreign Language film.^[2]

See also[]

• List of submissions to the 60th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Italian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References[]

External links[]

• La famiglia at IMDb
• The Family at Rotten Tomatoes

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