Mid-August Lunch
2008 film by Gianni Di Gregorio
Mid-August Lunch (originally released as Pranzo di ferragosto) is a 2008 Italian comedy-drama and the directorial debut of Italian actor and screenwriter Gianni Di Gregorio. It was produced by Italian writer-director Matteo Garrone whose 2008 film Gomorrah was co-written by Di Gregorio. It was distributed in the US by Zeitgeist Films. It was remade in 2024 as the Irish film Four Mothers.
Plot
Gianni is a middle aged man who is struggling to pay his flat's communal charges. He is unemployed, spending his days between home and the local wine bar, while looking after his 93-year-old mother during Italy's biggest summer holiday, Ferragosto. He is an only child, and his mother is demanding and capricious, and the pair live together in an apartment in Trastevere, Rome.
The day before Ferragosto, his landlord Alfonso turns up to collect the debts owed to him by Gianni. Gianni proposes a deal - that Alfonso forgive all his debts if he looks after his elderly mother, Marina, overnight, and for the day of Ferragosto so that he is able to go to a spa to cure his dermatitis. Alfonso agrees to this, and then tries to convince Gianni to host a second lady, his aunt Maria, who has memory problems (but makes excellent baked pasta).
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