The Dinner

Name: The Dinner
Director: Ettore Scola
Released: 1998
Duration: 126 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Fanny Ardant, Antonio Catania, Francesca d'Aloja, Riccardo Garrone, Vittorio Gassman

1998 · 126 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 1,407 VOTES · DIR. Ettore Scola

Overview

An evening at an Italian restaurant. Hosted by tolerant and relaxed Flora, various parties of middle-class people come in -- large and small, young and old, regulars and tourists, married and single -- to dine, converse, argue, celebrate, make confessions; to overhear other people's discussions, to interrupt them, to sing, listen to music, and enjoy life. The camera, just like the people, moves constantly from table to table, into the kitchen and the back room to observe the staff's petty jealousies and frustrations -- until two hours later it's time for everybody to go home.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,362 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:49 - Good evening, madam. - Good evening.

00:09:05 - Ketchup, please. - What?

00:13:51 I'll take care of you then. You too.

00:18:28 even a duty!

00:23:23 Very well. When I say: Answer. Do you reply?

00:27:39 Lola!

00:32:19 - Do you like steamed bass? - That's fine. Thanks.

00:37:13 - Get me a mixed fry. - Coming.

00:41:46 - Well? - What can I have?

00:46:01 People will talk about this.

00:50:43 Hello, Giuliano? This is Isabella. I'm with your lying daughter.

00:55:19 - Please. - I don't understand.

00:59:25 - Do you want to order something else? - No, just take this away.

01:04:19 But we have record taxes.

01:09:41 I came to ask the lady about fish for one of the tables.

01:14:08 Don't move. Don't think about anything, as usual.

01:20:37 How can he be such a slave of his mother?

01:25:07 - And if I didn't understand? - Never mind, I did.

01:28:59 I have an incredible transfer with him, and he has a counter-transfer.

01:33:19 - Coming. - Champagne! Good!

01:39:29 Happy birthday, Simona

01:48:31 It also happened to me once, I was with my father.

01:53:34 OK? Ready? This is serious stuff.

100:00:00 - What does garlic got to do with it?

Cast & Characters

Fanny Ardant Flora Antonio Catania Mago Adam Francesca d'Aloja Alessandra Riccardo Garrone Diomede Vittorio Gassman Maestro Pezzullo Giancarlo Giannini Professore Marie Gillain Allieva Nello Mascia Menghini Adalberto Maria Merli Bricco Corrado Olmi Arturo

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,362

Dialogue density10.8 lines / min

First line00:02:49

Final line100:00:00

Production Record

DirectorEttore Scola

LanguageItalian

IMDb votes1,407