Cecilia Dazzi

Directed by Ettore Scola and nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, La famiglia (1987) stars Vittorio Gassman and Fanny Ardant. Spanning 80 years of Italian history, the film intimately portrays the life of a bourgeois Roman family within the same apartment, from early 20th century through two World Wars and beyond.

In this tale as old as time, a prince, Leon, loses it all - his beautiful wife, and his handsome looks - in a tragedy. Isolating himself from the world, Leon finds a connection to Bella, a kindly young woman who sees the heart beyond his masked face.