Pranzo di Ferragosto (2008 Gianni de Gregorio & scr)

A real single-hander and quite a surprise coming from the writer of Gomorrah. Gianni casts himself in amusing tale of hard-up man caring for mama who takes in a variety of elderly women who are being abandoned by their offspring during the August holiday.

The women (left to right below) are Valeria di Franciscis (who is also in Gianni's Gianni e le Donne), Maria Cali, Marina Cacciotti  and Grazia Cesarini Sforza, none of whom are professionals, with Luigi Marchetti centre seated next to Gianni, pouring the obligatory wine.

It's not just a feel good film though with the mercenary sting in the final moment.