One of Italy's leading scriptwriters, 59-year-old Gianni Di Gregorio (screenwriter of GOMORRAH), stars in his utterly charming directorial debut as the money-troubled Giovanni, who spends his days caring for his elderly mother. Giovanni discovers that some of his past-due rent will be forgotten if he also takes in his landlord's elderly mother for a few days during the traditional mid-August holiday. But when the landlord arrives, he has both his mother and aunt in tow. Then Giovanni's friend Luigi shows up with a similar caretaking request for his own aged mother. Winner of multiple festival awards including Venice's Isvema Award for best first film and London's Satyajit Ray Award, this film has a wonderfully loose, almost improvised feel in which Di Gregorio focuses on following the natural rhythms of his houseguests' interactions with each other rather than a set storyline. (Note courtesy of Film Society of Lincoln Center)

DIR/SCR Gianni Di Gregorio, based on a story by Gianni Di Gregorio and Simone Riccardini; PROD Matteo Garrone. Italy, 2008, color, 75 min. In Italian with English subtitles. NOT RATED

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