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
Broke, and armed only with his sense of humor, middle-aged Gianni lives with his mother in their old apartment. The debts are mounting, but if Gianni looks after the building manager's mother during the Ferragosto, a mid-August holiday, all will be forgiven.
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)
- Petre Rosu as Barbone
- Biagio Ursitti Cast
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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