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Mid-August Lunch Details

2009

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Starring	Gianni Di Gregorio, Valeria De Franciscis, Marina Cacciotti, Maria Calì
Director	Gianni Di Gregorio
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

Mid-August Lunch

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.

Starring	Gianni Di Gregorio, Valeria De Franciscis, Marina Cacciotti, Maria Calì, Grazia Cesarini Sforza, Alfonso Santagata, Luigi Marchetti, Marcello Ottolenghi, Petre Rosu
Director	Gianni Di Gregorio
Studio	FUSION MEDIA
Original title	Pranzo di Ferragosto
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 15 mins
Certificate
Genres	Drama, World Cinema
Language	DVD: Italian
Released	Production year: 2009 To Rent: DVD: 07 Dec 2009

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  The best word to describe this film is charming. There are, thankfully, no special effects, no car chases (just a gentle scooter ride around Rome) and not much ... read more »
  
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  Mid August loveliness
  
  We thought that this film was excellent. Great location and subject matter. Film was just long enough and shared what seemed to be a typical Italian life. A ... read more »
  
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  Un vero piacere…..really lovely character study….
  
  Italy is my country of birth and I lived in Rome for two years so I was eager to watch a movie in Italian with a Roman born and bred protagonist (Gianni Di ... read more »
  
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  As soon as you meet our hero you empathise with him, in spite of his difficulties he is patience itself with his mother. The film is utterly charming, you could... read more »
  
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  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, ...