Mid-August Lunch (2008) NYT Critics' Pick

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Gianni Di Gregorio, foreground, with, clockwise from his left, Valeria De Franciscis, Maria Calì, Luigi Marchetti, Marina Cacciotti and Grazia Cesarini Sforza in “Mid-August Lunch.”
One Man, Four Women and a Roman Holiday
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Published: March 17, 2010

The ladies who lunch in Gianni Di Gregorio’s luminous sliver of a film, “Mid-August Lunch,” are Roman women in their 80s and beyond who have gathered in a small condominium in the Trastevere neighborhood. The modest apartment is the home of Gianni (Mr. Di Gregorio), an unemployed 50-something bachelor, and his 93-year-old mother, Valeria (Valeria De Franciscis). More