"The Family," an album with a velvet cover, is meant to touch the extended family of man. Formal portraits, bookends in this 80-year saga, enclose the central story, which opens with the baptism of Carlo, a baby in his grandfather's lap, and ends with Carlo as a grandfather with a baby in his arms. And never once do we get out of the house, whose rooms provide the film's structure. Comfort or passion? Carlo couldn't really decide until it was too late.

Carlo as a man / Carlo's grandfather

Adriana

Beatrice

Carlo as a young man

Adriana as a young woman

Giulio as a child

Giulio as a young man

Giulio as a middle-aged man

Giulio as an old man

Adelina

Aunt Margherita

Aunt Luisa

Aunt Ornella

Paolino as a middle-aged man

Jean-Luc

Carletto as a young man
January 20, 1987

Carlo as a man / Carlo's grandfather

Adriana

Beatrice

Carlo as a young man

Adriana as a young woman

Giulio as a child

Giulio as a young man

Giulio as a middle-aged man

Giulio as an old man

Adelina

Aunt Margherita

Aunt Luisa

Aunt Ornella

Paolino as a middle-aged man

Jean-Luc

Carletto as a young man
