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Mid-August Lunch (Pranzo di Ferragosto)

Mid-August Lunch (Pranzo di Ferragosto)

Mid-August Lunch (Pranzo di Ferragosto)

original title:

Pranzo di Ferragosto

directed by:

Gianni Di Gregorio

cast:

Gianni Di Gregorio, Valeria Bendoni, Grazia Cesarini Sforza, Elisa Alessandro, Marina Cacciotti, Maria Calì, Alfonso Santagata, Luigi Marchetti, Marcello Ottolenghi, Biagio Ursitti, Petre Rosu

screenplay:

Gianni Di Gregorio

cinematography:

Gogò Bianchi

editing:

Marco Spoletini

set design:

Susanna Cascella

costume design:

Silvia Polidori

music:

Stefano Ratchev, Mattia Carratello

producer:

Matteo Garrone

production:

Archimede, supported by Ministero della Cultura

distribution:

Fandango Distribuzione [Italy]

world sales:

Fandango [Italy]

country:

Italy

year:

2008

film run:

75'

format:

35mm - colour

release date:

05/09/2008

festivals & awards:

A middle-aged man on his uppers, lives with and looks after his elderly mother, as unpaid bills pile up around him. As the traditional Italian holiday weekend of the 15 August approaches, the hapless hero is potentially offered, at least a partial, solution to his pecuniary problems. His landlord, one of his friends and even his doctor each persuade him to let them dump their elderly relatives on him, so that he can accommodate them and wait on them over the holiday period. Notwithstanding his reluctance to take on such nannying duties, the lure of relief from his financial straits is too much and so an assortment of ill-matched, elderly ladies descends on the tiny flat.