The Dinner

2h 7m 1999

Brief Synopsis

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Flora is a restauranteur's wife, the only calm character in a tapestry of odd characters who eat in the reastaurant, and who represent a cross-section of Italian society. There is a philandering professor, a dysfunctional family, apolitical business people and a communist chef, enraged at the passiv

Cast & Crew

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Ettore Scola

Director

Fanny Ardant

Flora

Vittorio Gassman

Maestro Pezzulo

Stefania Sandrelli

Mother

Lea Gramsdorff

Daughter

Eros Pagni

Chef

Film Details

Also Known As
Cena, La, Diner, Le, Dinner, Le Diner
Genre
Comedy
Drama
Release Date
1999
Production Company
Les Films Alain Sarde; Medusa Film
Distribution Company
Bac Films Distribution; Cooperative Nouveau Cinema (Cnc); Finnkino Oy; Medusa Film; Primer Plano Film Group
Location
Rome, Italy

Technical Specs

Duration
2h 7m

Synopsis

Flora is a restauranteur's wife, the only calm character in a tapestry of odd characters who eat in the reastaurant, and who represent a cross-section of Italian society. There is a philandering professor, a dysfunctional family, apolitical business people and a communist chef, enraged at the passivity of his country in the face of social change and corruption.

Director

Ettore Scola

Director

Cast

Fanny Ardant

Flora

Vittorio Gassman

Maestro Pezzulo

Stefania Sandrelli

Mother

Lea Gramsdorff

Daughter

Eros Pagni

Chef

Giancarlo Giannini

Professor

Marie Gillain

Cecilia

Rolando Ravello

Ernesto

Antonio Catania

Magician

Francesca D'aloja

Alessandra

Riccardo Garrone

Nello Mascia

Adalberto Maria Merli

Daniela Poggi

Crew

Gianni Arduini

1st Assistant Director

Franco Commiteri

Producer

Raimondo Crociani

Editor

Franco Di Giacomo

Director Of Photography

Franco Di Giacomo

Dp/Cinematographer

Odette Nicoletti

Costume Designer

Luciano Ricceri

Production Designer

Furio Scarpelli

Screenwriter

Giacomo Scarpelli

Screenwriter

Ettore Scola

Screenwriter

Ettore Scola

Other

Silvia Scola

Screenwriter

Armando Trovajoli

Music

Remo Ugolinelli

Sound

Film Details

Also Known As
Cena, La, Diner, Le, Dinner, Le Diner
Genre
Comedy
Drama
Release Date
1999
Production Company
Les Films Alain Sarde; Medusa Film
Distribution Company
Bac Films Distribution; Cooperative Nouveau Cinema (Cnc); Finnkino Oy; Medusa Film; Primer Plano Film Group
Location
Rome, Italy

Technical Specs

Duration
2h 7m

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Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States 1999

Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (in competition) August 27 - September 6, 1999.

Began shooting late March 1998.

Completed shooting early June 1998.

Released in United States 1999 (Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (in competition) August 27 - September 6, 1999.)

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