Description |
1 DVD (75 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (4 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
digital |
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optical |
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mixed |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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region 1 |
System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1 ; 5.1 surround and stereo; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation. |
Cast |
Alfonso Santagata, Gianni Di Gregorio, Valeria De Franciscis, Maria Cali, Grazia Cesarini Sforza. |
Credits |
Music, Ratchev & Carratello ; editor, Marco Spoletini ; director of photography, Gian Enrico Bianchi. |
Note |
Originally produced in 2009. |
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Special features: "A visit with the cast"; interview with director Gianni Di Gregorio. |
Audience |
Not rated. |
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. |
Awards |
Winner of the Best First Film, Best Italian Film, Venic 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. |
Language |
In Italian with optional subtitles in English. |
Subject |
Caregivers -- Drama.
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Caregivers. |
Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Subject |
Older women -- Home care -- Drama.
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Older women. |
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Home care. |
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Older women -- Respite care -- Drama.
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Respite care. |
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Cooking -- Drama.
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Cooking. |
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Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary -- Italy -- Drama.
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Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. |
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Italy. |
Genre/Form |
Foreign films -- Italy.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Domestic comedy films.
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Domestic comedy films.
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Fiction films.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Drama.
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Added Author |
Garrone, Matteo, 1968- producer.
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Di Gregorio, Gianni, conceptor, screenwriter, director, actor.
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Riccardini, Simone, conceptor.
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Santagata, Alfonso, 1947- actor.
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De Franciscis, Valeria, 1915-2014, actor.
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Cali, Maria (Actress), actor.
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Cesarini Sforza, Grazia, actor.
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Cacciotti, Marina, actor.
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Spoletini, Marco, 1964- film editor.
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Bianchi, Gian Enrico, cinematographer.
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Archimede Film (Firm)
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RAI Cinema (Firm)
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Zeitgeist Films.
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Note |
Title on container: Mid-August lunch |
Standard No. |
795975112932 |
Music No. |
Z1129 Zeitgeist Films |
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