Giovanna Mezzogiorno

A labyrinthian, erotic mystery draws a picture of Naples, a city suspended between magic and superstition, madness and rationality, love and violence.

Based on the New York Times bestselling novel, THE DINNER turns an ordinary meal among family into a taut morality play as the limits of polite society are tested and two brothers discover just how little they know about each other. When one’s wife sees video of a brutal attack on a homeless woman, she worries it may be their children who are involved in the gruesome assault. Their fragile balancing act of respectability and class now shattered, the two families navigate the repercussions of this senseless assault, revealing in the process the skewed priorities and moral shortcomings of their privileged, insulated perspectives. Official Selection - Venice Film Festival