MID-AUGUST LUNCH
Year: 2008 / Running Time: 75 mins
Format: 35mm
Language: Italian with English Subtitles

Directed by: Gianni Di Gregorio

With: Valeria De Franciscis, Marina Cacciotti, Maria Calì, Grazia Cesarini Sforza, Alfonso Santagata and Gianni Di Gregorio

Director's Notes

SHORT SYNOPSIS:

Examined Life takes philosophy out of the darkened corners of academia and into the hustle and bustle of the everyday, a visual reminder that great ideas are born through profound engagement with the world around us.

Featuring the “rock star” philosophers of our time, including Cornel West, Peter Singer, Slavoj Zizek, Judith Butler, Avital Ronell, Michael Hardt, Anthony Appiah and Martha Nussbaum.

Long Synopsis


UPCOMING SCREENINGS:

Cinematheque Winnipeg - March 4 & 5 @ 7pm, 2009
Cinema Village, NYC - Opens March 6 (1:15 PM  3:15 PM  5:20 PM  7:20 PM  9:20 PM)
Pacific Cinematheque - March 20 - 25, 2009
Cinema du Parc, Montreal, March 23 - 26 @ 9pm
Bytowne Cinema - March 22 - 25, 2009
Broadway Theatre, Saskatoon - March 9 - 12, 2009
Art Gallery of Hamilton - March 25, 2009
Cinecenta, Victoria - April 1 & 2, 2009
Cinema du Parc, Montreal - April 3 - 9
Regina Public Library, Regina, SK - April 4 & 5, 2009
Metro Cinema, Edmonton, April 18 - 20, 2009

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PREVIOUS SCREENINGS:

The Royal, Toronto - Opening Jan 23, 2009 - EXTENDED TO FEB 5th!
Friday @ 7, Saturday @ 7, Sunday @ 4:30 & 7, Monday @ 7, Tuesday @ 7 & 9:30, Wednesday @ 7, Thursday @ 7 & 9
(Panel follows Jan. 27, 7pm screening, on the intersection of public space & intellectual pursuits, featuring Astra Taylor, Jane Farrow, Deborah Cowen, Kanishka Goonewardena and Doug Hutchinson. Filmmaker Q&A on Sat, Sun & Mon.

Kingsway Theatre, Toronto: Jan 30 - Feb 5, 2009 - Nightly at 9pm - 2nd Theatre Added!
Regent Theatre, Toronto: Feb. 6 - 12, 2009
Western Arctic Moving Pictures Film Festival, Feb. 8, 2009 - 7pm
City Cinema, Charlottetown - Feb 11 - 15, 2009
Port Moody, B.C. Film Festival - Feb. 12 - 21, 2009

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SYNOPSIS:

Gianni is a middle-aged man, the only son of his widowed mother, with whom he lives in an old house in central Rome. Living under the tyranny of this impoverished aristocrat, his life drags on between housework and going to the bar.

The day before the August bank holiday the condominium manager asks him to take his mother into his home for the two days of the bank holiday. In exchange, he will knock some money off the condominium debts Gianni has run up over the years.

Gianni is forced to accept.

The manager treacherously turns up with two women, since he doesn't know where to take his aunt, he brings her along too.

Gianni is overwhelmed and crushed by the clash between these three dominant characters, but heroically does his best to make them happy. At a certain point he feels faint and calls a friend of his who is a doctor. The doctor not only reassures Gianni, but foists his own elderly mother on him, since he is on shift at the hospital.

Gianni goes through 24 hours of hell.

But when at last it’s time to say goodbye, the women have other ideas…

Read Reviews
4 Stars! - "a humorous and cheerful look at the challenges of caring for aging parents and grandparents" - EYE Weekly
4 N's - "A slight but carefully crafted work..." - NOW Magazine


UPCOMING SCREENINGS:
Mount Pleasant Cinema, Toronto (Now Playing! 14th Week!)
Plaza Cinema, Calgary: Aug 20 - 26
Fri, Mon, Tues & Wed @ 3:20, 6:30 & 8:00. Sat @ 12:00, 6:30 & 8:00. Sun @ 2:00, 6:30 & 8:00. Thurs @ 3:20 & 6:30
The Royal, Toronto: Sun Aug 22 @ 9:15pm/ Monday Aug 23 @ 9pm/ Tues Aug 24 @ 9pm/ Wed Aug 25 @ 9pm/ Thurs Aug 26 @ 9pm
Broadway Theatre, Saskatoon: Aug 28 - Sept 7
Bloor Cinema, Toronto: Sept 15 & 16
Film Night International, Perth Ontario: Sept 16
Livery Film Festival, Goderich, Ontario: Sept 23
Regina Public Library: Sept 23 - 26
Hamilton Film Festival, Art Gallery of Hamilton: Sept 25
Mayfair Theatre, Ottawa: Sept 28 & 29
The Gorge Cinema, Elora: Oct 1 - 7
Quesnel Film Club, BC (Film Circuit): Oct 21
Galaxy Theatre - Brantford Film Group, ON (Film Circuit): Oct 28
Vernon Film Society, BC (Film Circuit): Nov 29
Vanderhoof, BC (Film Circuit): Jan 15, 2011

PREVIOUS SCREENINGS:
Cinefest, Sudbury International Film Festival, 2009: Thurs September 24, 1:30pm
Calgary International Film Festival 2009: Globe Theatre: Sept 27 at 7pm
Vancity, Vancouver: March 19 - April 1
Cinema Cartier, Quebec City: April 23 - May 20
Cinema Du Parc: Opened April 16 - Final 2 Screenings
Saturday May 29 and Sunday May 30th: 2:15, 5:30
The Royal, Toronto: Opens This Fri May 21 - Facebook Invite!
Friday May 21 @ 7pm
Saturday May 22 @ 4pm, 5:45pm and 7:30pm
Sunday May 23 @ 4pm, 5:45pm and 7:30pm
Monday May 24 @ 7pm and 9pm
Tuesday May 25 @ 7pm and 9pm
Wednesday May 26 @ 7pm and 9pm
Saturday May 29 @ 4:30pm, 9:15pm
Sunday May 30 @ 3:30pm, 5:15pm, 9:15pm
Monday May 31 @ 7pm
Tuesday June 1 @ 7pm
Wednesday June 2 @ 7pm
Thursday June 3@ 7pm

Princess Cinema, Waterloo: July 9 - 13
Bytown Cinema, Ottawa: July 23 - 29
Cineceta, Victoria: Aug 8 - 12