Pranzo di ferragosto

Gianni Di Gregorio's small, delightful film shows the delicate and complicated relationships Italian men often have with their mothers.

Films don't always deserve the awards they win, but when the delicious "Mid-August Lunch" took home the coveted Golden Snail at Bologna's International Festival of Food and Film, justice was definitely served. As well as some very tasty meals. A small, human-scaled 75-minute film about the necessity of companionship in general and the bonding nature of shared food and wine in particular, the droll "Mid-August" is a tribute to the gentle skills of Italian filmmaker Gianni Di Gregorio, who not only wrote and directed this unhurried chamber piece but also starred in it as a character he named after himself. [...]

di Kenneth Turan, articolo completo (3512 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 9 aprile 2010