Title: Mid-August Lunch (Pranzo di ferragosto)
Year: 2008 / Made in:Italy / Runtime : 75 mins
Type of Movie: Comedy
Code:W1040
Director: Gianni di Gregorio
Cast:
Starring:Gianni di Gregorio,Valeria De Franciscis, Alfonso Santagata
Language: Italian
Subtitle(s): English
Special Feature: Winner London Film Festival:2008 (Satyajit Ray Award) Winner Venice Film Festival:2008 (Isvema Award, Luigi De Laurentiis Award, Pasinetti Award)
Synopsis:
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Despite the fact he is a middle-aged man, Gianni lives in an old house in the center of Rome with his mother, a woman of faded nobility who tyrannizes him and leaves him only enough free time to go to the tavern. On the eve of the Feast of the Assumption holiday, the apartment block manager--aware of Gianni's enforced 'captivity'--suggests he look after his own mother for a couple of days, in return for the waiver of all the unpaid utility bills. When he turns up at his house also accompanied by his old aunt, Gianni feels rather ill. He therefore pays a visit to his doctor friend for a check-up, but even the latter leaves his old mother in Gianni's care for the Feast of the Assumption. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Venice Film Festival,

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