SHOWTIMES:
Sunday (8/15) 3:00, 7:00
Monday (8/16) 7:00
Tuesday (8/17) 1:00, 7:00
Wednesday(8/18) No Show
Thursday (8/19) 7:00
Friday (8/20) No show
Saturday (8/21) No Show
Sunday ( 8/22) No Show
Monday (8/23) 7:00
Tuesday (8/24) 1:00, 7:00


Directed by Gianni Di Gregorio
Starring Gianni Di Gregorio, Valeria De Franciscis, Marina Cacciotti, Maria
Cali, Grazia Cesarini Sforza
Italy/2008/ 75min/Not Rated

Mid-August Lunch is an utterly charming tale of good food, feisty ladies and unlikely friendships during a very Roman holiday. It’s the story of Gianni (played by director/writer Gianni Di Gregorio), an unemployed bachelor in his 50s, who lives with his 93-year-old mother in a cramped and dingy Rome apartment. Unable to pay his bills, he’s coerced into entertaining three other elderly mammas during Italy’s summer holiday and ends up hosting a food-filled sleepover. Filled with rare charm, Mid-August Lunch is a delight.

The film has won numerous prizes at international festivals, including Best First Film in Venice and the Satyajit Ray Award in London, plus the Golden Snail at the Academy of Food and Film in Bologna.
(In Italian, fully subtitled)


"From its first minutes, Mid-August Lunch establishes a special tone and quality that could only be Italian. It's a mixture of warmth and gentle farce, tender observation and absurdity." -San Francisco Chronicle