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The Dinner (2014)

The Dinner poster
Original title
I nostri ragazzi
Directed by
Ivano De Matteo
Genre
drama film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
T
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 136 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Two brothers and their wives meet for dinner at an upscale restaurant. They must decide how to handle a shocking crime committed by one of their sons.

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What happens

The Dinner (Italian: I nostri ragazzi) is a 2014 Italian drama film directed by Ivano De Matteo, who co-wrote the screenplay with Valentina Ferlan, loosely based on the 2009 novel of the same name by Herman Koch. It is the second film adaptation of the novel, following the 2013 Dutch film Het Diner. The film premiered in the Venice Days section at the 71st Venice International Film Festival on September 4, 2014, in which it won the Europa Cinemas Label as Best European Film, and was released in Italy on September 5. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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