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The Dinner is a italien film of genre Drama directed by Ettore Scola with Fanny Ardant

The Dinner (1998)

La cena

The Dinner
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OriginItalie
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Comedy-drama
Rating68% 3.444573.444573.444573.444573.44457

La cena, internationally released as The Dinner, is a 1998 Italian commedia all'italiana film directed by Ettore Scola.

For their performance the male ensamble cast won the Nastro d'Argento for Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor, while Stefania Sandrelli won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress.

Synopsis

Dans un restaurant, chaque table a son histoire développée en une séquence du film.

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