Simone Riccardini

Gianni is a middle-aged man, the only son of his widowed mother, with whom he lives in an old house in central Rome. Living under the tyranny of this impoverished aristocrat, his life drags on between housework and going to the bar. The day before the August bank holiday the condominium manager asks him to take his mother into his home for the two days of the bank holiday.In exchange, he will knock some money off the condominium debts Gianni has run up over the years. Gianni is forced to accept. (comedyfilmfest.com)