La cena (1998)
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Cast
Fanny Ardant, Antonio Catania, Francesca d'Aloja, Riccardo Garrone, Vittorio Gassman
At a restaurant, diners and staff trade stories that expose their tangled relationships, private dilemmas and personal histories.
The story
At the restaurant Arturo al Portico, run by Flora, customers and kitchen staff share stories, conversations and adventures that reveal their personal troubles and histories. Isabella’s daughter Sabrina struggles to tell her mother that she plans to enter a convent as a novice. A married philosophy professor and a student navigate a complicated romance, while two actors discuss a play they are about to perform. Elsewhere, a pregnant young woman and her partner talk about the future of their relationship, with a seductive woman seated nearby. The restaurant’s chef interjects with his disillusionment about politics, while jealousy and the wisdom of Maestro Pezzullo thread through the gathering.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Inside the restaurant “Arturo al Portico,” run by Flora, the customers and kitchen staff share various stories, conversations and adventures, revealing their troubles, lives and personal histories. Among the main stories are Isabella and her daughter Sabrina, who struggles to confide in her mother that she intends to enter a convent as a novice; the complicated and amusing romance between a married philosophy professor and a student; a conversation between two actors about the new play they will perform; and a couple discussing the future of their relationship (the young woman is pregnant), while a seductive woman sits at the next table. All this unfolds between the chef’s interjections—he is a communist disillusioned with politics—Diomede’s jealousy over Uliano’s attentions to Flora, and the wisdom of Maestro Pezzullo.
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