| [filmlover-l] Movie this wednesday: Pranzo
di ferragosto(Mid-August Lunch) |
Saturday, September 10, 2011
9:38:47 PM |
| From: |
tbco@mtu.edu |
| To: |
filmlover-l@mtu.edu |
Hello everyone,
For this week, we are showing an Italian movie, "Pranzo di
ferragosto(Mid-August Lunch)" directed by Gianni Di Gregorio. (more
details below).
Please feel free to pass the message around and
invite your friends. Hope you can join us.
Regards,
Tom Co
========================
Title: Pranzo di ferragosto (Mid-August Lunch)
Date and Time: September 14, Wednesday, 6:30-9:00pm
Place: 308 Cooper Ave, Hancock
Director: Gianni Di Gregorio
Partial List of Actors:
Gianni Di Gregorio
Valeria De Franciscis ...
Marina Cacciotti
Maria Calì
Grazia Cesarini Sforza
Alfonso Santagata
Luigi Marchetti
Biagio Ursitti
US Rating:
Language: Italian (with English subtitles)
Length: 75 mins
Media: DVD, color
Summary: (by jhailey@hotmail.com)
"In Rome, Gianni leads a lazy life, a glass
of wine at hand; his only job is caring for
his mother in their condo. The administrator
pays Gianni a visit on a hot August day
because he hasn't paid the condo fees in
years; the association members want Gianni
and his mother evicted. The visitor makes an
offer: he wants to leave the city for ferragosto,
a mid-August tradition, and asks to leave
his mother in Gianni's care in exchange for
writing off some of the debt. Gianni and his
mother agree to do it, and the administrator
brings his mom - and his aunt. Then, Gianni's
doctor pays a call and asks the same favor..."
My Comments:
A very nice and charming slow Italian movie showing
the strength of old women who have been left by their
sons for some reason or another (one legitimate
and another not) for a few days. The lead actor is
the
director himself. This is his first acting in film,
mostly to
save money, but also because it was his personal story
and musings.
The four women, although around 90, are all strong in
each of their ways. None of them were professional actors.
But the film felt so natural.
As usual, it may be slow for some folks... but it was good
and relaxing and sweet (not Hollywood sweet) for me.
So,
the best is not to expect a strong plot... just enjoy the
dish.
(anyway it is short... just 75 minutes long)
---I wish I will be as mobile as those women at their age.
