Fresh
A simple and endlessly charming look at a weekend in the life of an uncomplicated middle-aged man living with his aging mama.
Linda Barnard, Toronto Star
Overview
Gianni is a middle-aged man living in Rome with his imposing and demanding elderly mother. His only outlet from her and the increasing debt into which they are sinking, are the increasingly frequent quiet sessions at the local tavern. As an Oriental saying goes, 'Moments of crisis are moments of opportunities'. These appear during the celebration of the holiday of Ferragosto on 15 August. That's when everybody leaves town to have fun. Opportunity knocks on Gianni's door in the most unexpected way.
Director and cast
- Gianni Di Gregorio Director
- Gianni Di Gregorio as Gianni
- Valeria De Franciscis as Valeria (Gianni's Mother)
- Maria Calì as Tia Maria (Alfonso's Aunt)
- Marina Cacciotti as Marina (Alfonso's Mother)
- Grazia Cesarini Sforza as Grazia (Marcello's Mother)
- Luigi Marchetti as Vikingo
- Alfonso Santagata as Alfonso
- Marcello Ottolenghi as Marcello (Doctor)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
88%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Mid-August Lunch is a sweet-spirited gem, warmly comic while showing the hassles of caring for aging relatives more honestly than 10 family sagas from Hollywood.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Rotten
Charming but insignificant.
Calvin Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fresh
Not much happens in this wisp of a movie (it's barely 75 minutes), and not much is necessary; it's all about finding a mood and letting it sneak up and envelop the watcher.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Fresh
A tasty tidbit of a film, Mid-August Lunch is one of those movies where almost nothing happens but it happens quite nicely.
Tom Long, Detroit News
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