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Pranzo di Ferragosto = Mid-August lunch
Title
Pranzo di Ferragosto = Mid-August lunch / Fandango ; Matteo Garrone presenta ; una produzione Archimede in collaborazione con Rai Cinema ; soggetto, Gianni Di Gregorio, Simone Riccardini ; sceneggiatura, Gianni Di Gregorio ; prodotto da Matteo Garrone ; regia, Gianni Di Gregorio.
Publication
New York : Zeitgeist Films, [2010]
Copyright Notice Date
©2010.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (75 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (4 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Notes
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2008.
Extras: A visit with the cast ; Interview with director/star Gianni Di Gregorio ; booklet featuring recipes of dishes from the film.
Production design, Susanna Cascella ; costumes, Silvia Polidori ; music, Ratchev & Carratello ; director of photography, Gian Enrico Bianchi ; editor, Marco Spoletini ; art director, Massimo Guadioso.
In Italian with optional subtitles in English.
Winner of the Best First Film, Best Italian Film, Venice Film Festival; Winner of the Satyajit Ray Award, London Film Festival; Winner of the Golden Snail Best Food Feature Bologna Slow Food on Film International Festival of Food and Film.
Summary
A middle-aged man living with his elderly mother finds the best way to pay for their debts is to take care of the building manager's mother during the biggest festival of the year. Soon he finds himself with not two but four mothers to keep fed and happy.
Variant and related titles
Title on container: Mid-August lunch.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
Italian
Added to Catalog
March 10, 2017
Credits
Production design, Susanna Cascella ; costumes, Silvia Polidori ; music, Ratchev & Carratello ; director of photography, Gian Enrico Bianchi ; editor, Marco Spoletini ; art director, Massimo Guadioso.
Cast
Gianni Di Gregorio, Valeria De Franciscis, Marinna Cacciotti, Maria Calì, Grazia Cesarini Sforza, Alfonso Santagata, Luigi Marchetti, Biagio Ursitti, Petre Rosu.
System details note
DVD, NTSC, region 1 ; 5.1 surround and stereo; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation.
Audience
Not rated.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Feature films.
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