DVD: Mid-August Lunch (U)
Four minxy old ladies confined to an apartment in an Italian town during a bank holiday are to be accidentally supervised by one of their sons, a rheumy-eyed, all-smoking, all-drinking bachelor.
High-concept this isn't. But this touching, low-budget comedy of Latin manners led by the long-suffering Gianni Di Gregorio who also directed, and supported by four unmanageable old ducks, is a mini-masterpiece which shows us the frailties of age, the mythological importance of memory and familial love that transcends duty. Would you'd rather have a second rear cavity ripped out by another Hollywood action-thriller... or be moved and tickled by a Euro talkie? See this then decide.
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