The Family (1987 film)
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| 7.4/10 IMDb Genre Drama, Romance Duration Country Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 22 January 1987 (Italy)December 1987 (U.S.) Initial DVD release December 17, 2007 (Greece) Cast (Carlo as a man / Carlo's grandfather), (Adriana), (Beatrice), (Carlo as a young man), Emanuele Lamaro (Carlo as a child), (Beatrice as a young woman)Similar movies Directed by Ettore Scola, Vittorio Gassman movies, Movies about Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
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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
Awards
It won five David di Donatello, six Nastro d'Argento and it was an Academy Award nominee as Best Foreign Language film.
References
The Family (1987 film) WikipediaThe Family (1987 film) IMDb The Family (1987 film) themoviedb.org