The Family (1987 film)

La famiglia The Family
Film poster
Directed by	Ettore Scola
Produced by	Franco Committeri
Written by	Ruggero Maccari Ettore Scola Furio Scarpelli
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
Music by	Armando Trovajoli
Cinematography	Ricardo Aronovich
Edited by	Francesco Malvestito
Release date	January 22, 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 starred by Vittorio Gassman, Fanny Ardant, Philippe Noiret and Stefania Sandrelli. It was entered into the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

Plot

It is the portrait of 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 characterizes the entire film, from the time of the Belle Epoque until the eighties, through two world wars, the economic boom, love, friendship and all the events which constitute human life.

All without changing their place of action: the film unfolds all around the apartment bought by the grandfather of Carlo.

It shows the family and its dynastic succession and with his habits.

Cast

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

Awards

It won five David di Donatello, six Nastro d'Argento 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 on IMDb