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"Taste of Italy" - Italian Film Festival
Start Date: 11/6/2009Start Time: 4:30 PM
End Date: 11/6/2009End Time: 8:30 PM
Event Description
Four well-to-do friends gather at a charming villa for a feasting and debauchery—with the proclaimed purpose of eating themselves to death.
**La Grand Bouffe (La Grande Abbuffata)
Screening at 4:30 p.m.
Duration: 2hr 9m
Director: Marco Ferreri 

**Mid-August Lunch (Il Pranzo di Ferragosto) Screening at 7:00 p.m. Duration: 75 min. Director: Gianni di Gregorio A middle-aged man looks after his elderly mother as unpaid bills pile up around him. As the traditional Italian holiday weekend of 15 August approaches, the hapless hero is offered a partial solution to his pecuniary problems. His landlord, one of his friends and even his doctor each persuade him to let them dump their elderly relatives on him. Notwithstanding his reluctance to take on such responsibility, the possibility of relief from his financial straits is irresistible, so an assortment of ill-matched, elderly ladies descends on the tiny flat.
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Main Campus - Sottile Theatre
44 George Street
Charleston, SC
Phone: (843) 953-6340
Contact Information:
Name: Dr. Giovanna DeLuca
Phone: 843-953-5717
Email: delucag@cofc.edu
Admission Information
Free ($5 donations welcome)
Event URL
http://blogs.cofc.edu/italianfilmfestival/2009-films/