Italian Movie Night @Gallery 40 - Monday, August 12, 2024
Mon, Aug 12
|Gallery 40
Join us Monday, August 12, 2024 to watch "Pranzo di Ferragosto" in Italian (with English subtitles) at Gallery 40, 40 Cannon St, Poughkeepsie, NY. During the summer, we will begin the movie at 7PM.
Time & Location
Aug 12, 2024, 7:00 PM
Gallery 40, 40 Cannon St, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
About the Event
Pranzo di Ferragosto is a 2008 Italian comedy-drama produced by Italian writer-director Matteo Garrone.
Gianni (Gianni Di Gregorio) is struggling to pay his bills and is looking after his 93-year-old mother during Italy's biggest summer holiday, Ferragosto. He makes ends meet by looking after other elderly women for the holidays while their families go away, including the mothers of his landlord and doctor, who will forgive his debts in exchange.
The film won the Grand Prix Award and the Audience Award at the International Film Festival Bratislava, and also won the FIPRESCI Award. It was awarded the "Luigi De Laurentiis" Award for a First Feature Film at the 65th Venice Film Festival in 2008. Additionally, it won awards at several other film festivals including the David Di Donatello Awards, the Satyajit Ray Award at the London Film Festival, and the Golden Snail award at the Academy of Food and Film in…