Mid-august lunch is director"s gianni di gregorio"s first and greatly acclaimed award winning feature film. A brilliant comedy which is set in rome during the traditional italian feast of the assumption holiday ("ferragosto") which takes place on august 15. A middle-aged man lives with and looks after his elderly mother, as unpaid bills pile up around him. On the eve of the holiday, the apartment-block manager - aware of gianni"s enforced "captivity" - suggests he looks after his own mother for a couple of days, in return for the waiver of all the unpaid utility bills. When he turns up at his house also accompanied by his old aunt, gianni feels rather ill. He therefore pays a visit to his doctor friend for a check-up, but even the latter leaves his old mother in gianni"s care for the feast of the assumption. Starring gianni di gregorio (gianni), valeria de franciscis (giovanni"s mother), marina cacciotti (alfonso"s mother), maria cal (zia maria), grazia cesarini sforza (grazia), alfonso santagata (alfonso), luigi marchetti (vikingo), and marcello ottolenghi (doctor).