Product Information
A man unexpectedly finds himself talking care of four women, three of whom he barely knows, in this sunny comedy from Italy.Product Identifiers
ProducerMatteo Garrone
EAN5021866466309
eBay Product ID (ePID)77477814
Product Key Features
ActorValeria De Franciscis, Grazia Cesarini Sforza, Maria Cali, Gianni Di Venanzo, Marina Cacciotti
Film/TV TitleMid-August Lunch
DirectorGianni Di Venanzo
LanguageEnglish
Subtitle LanguageEnglish
Run Time72 Mins
Release Year2009
FormatDVD
FeaturesWith Subtitles
GenreGeneral, Comedy
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
CertificateU
Country/Region of ManufactureItaly
Additional InformationGianni (Gianni di Gregorio) is a man in his mid-sixties who still lives with his mother; given that Valeria (Valeria De Franciscis) is well into her nineties, these days he looks after her rather than the other way around, though she remains quite spry given her age. Gianni and Valeria share an apartment in a building owned by Luigi (Alfonso Santagata); Gianni owes money on the rent, and Luigi, who wants to take off for the midsummer festivities of Ferragosto, makes him a deal -- Luigi will forgive the debt if his elderly mother, Marina (Marina Cacciotti), can stay with Gianni and Valeria for a few days. Gianni grudgingly agrees, but is upset when he discovers Luigi has also brought his aging aunt Maria (Maria Cal∞). Word apparently circulates that Gianni is running an informal home for the elderly, as his friend Marcello (Marcello Ottolenghi) stops by and drops off his mother, Grazia (Grazia Cesarini Sforza), for a day or two. While Gianni scrambles to look after the various needs of four elderly women, it soon becomes clear the ladies have strongly differing views on a number of subjects, making his job all the more difficult. MID-AUGUST LUNCH was written and directed by Gianni di Gregorio, who also played the harried son; it was the first directorial project for the veteran screenwriter.
ScreenwriterGianni Di Venanzo
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV TitleMid-August Lunch
Consumer AdviceContains mild language and innuendo and cigarette smoking