The Dinner

The Dinner

126 mins | Drama, Comedy | Sept. 3, 1998

An evening at an Italian restaurant. Hosted by tolerant and relaxed Flora, various parties of middle-class people come in -- large and small, young and old, regulars and tourists, married and single -- to dine, converse, argue, celebrate, make confessions; to overhear other people's discussions, to interrupt them, to sing, listen to music, and enjoy life. The camera, just like the people, moves constantly from table to table, into the kitchen and the back room to observe the staff's petty jealousies and frustrations -- until two hours later it's time for everybody to go home.

The Dinner

126 mins | Drama, Comedy | Sept. 3, 1998

The Dinner
An evening at an Italian restaurant. Hosted by tolerant and relaxed Flora, various parties of middle-class people come in -- large and small, young and old, regulars and tourists, married and single -- to dine, converse, argue, celebrate, make confessions; to overhear other people's discussions, to interrupt them, to sing, listen to music, and enjoy life. The camera, just like the people, moves constantly from table to table, into the kitchen and the back room to observe the staff's petty jealousies and frustrations -- until two hours later it's time for everybody to go home.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Les Films Alain Sarde, Medusa Film, FilmTel Ltd.
Original title La cena
Directors Ettore Scola
Writers Silvia Scola, Giacomo Scarpelli, Ettore Scola, Furio Scarpelli

Cast

Fanny Ardant

as Flora

Antonio Catania

as Mago Adam

Francesca D'Aloja

as Alessandra

Eleonora Danco

as figlia di Isabella

Riccardo Garrone

as Diomede

Vittorio Gassman

as maestro Pezzullo

Giancarlo Giannini

as il professore

Marie Gillain

as l'allieva

Carlo Molfese

as cliente che discute con un cameriere

Nello Mascia

as Minini

Adalberto Maria Merli

as capo comico

Sergio Nicolai

as padre di Franco

Corrado Olmi

as Arturo

Daniela Poggi

as la bella sconosciuta

Stefania Sandrelli

as Isabella

Giorgio Tirabassi

as Francesco

Rolando Ravello

as cliente seduto da solo

Eros Pagni

as Duilio

Giorgio Colangeli

as Vincenzo Petrosillo