Private Project

A Dinner With My Man

An ice-cold, but sensual woman is making a pie.
When she finds out that her fat fiancé is hiding something and that he’s thinking about breaking up on the day of their anniversary, she goes insane; not only because she was hopelessly fond of him, but also because she couldn’t even imagine how a chump like him would be capable of leaving someone like her.
Left alone with the recipe, surrounded by dirty cookware and black cherries, she gets caught up in her own thoughts, which transform in a disquieting melody. She would have surprised him, as soon as he would come back home. “A Dinner With My Man”, to taste the madness and dualism of possessive love.

  • Anita Luz Berman
    Director
    Flores de Espinas
  • Matteo Giunchi
    Director
  • Claudio Pauri
    Director
    Edonè: la sindrome di Eva
  • Anita Luz Berman
    Writer
  • Matteo Giunchi
    Writer
  • Claudio Pauri
    Writer
  • Gabriele Spera
    Writer
  • Vera Della Scala
    Key Cast
    "Linda"
  • Nicolò Lasciato
    Key Cast
    "Gustavo"
  • Elena Paoli
    Key Cast
    "the old Linda"
  • Mattia Bonanno
    Direction of Photography
    Il Cinenauta - short film
  • Gabriele Spera
    Producer
  • Anita Luz Berman
    Producer
  • Alice Drago
    Producer
  • Giovanni Arcangeli
    Producer
  • Scuola Holden
    Producer
  • Pellicola42 produzioni
    Producer
  • Michele Borrè
    Producer
  • Matteo Viktor Messaggi
    Producer
  • Matteo Giunchi
    Original Music
  • Andrea Bertotto
    Original Music
  • Marco Trivellato
    Sound Design
  • Anita Luz Berman
    Scenography and Costumes
  • Francesca Cataldi
    Scenography and Costumes
  • Elisa Ribollini
    Scenography and Costumes
  • Teresa Verrascina
    Scenography and Costumes
  • Dario Alessandro
    Special Effects
  • Carlotta Orsini
    Makeup
  • Greta Piovano
    Makeup
  • Luana Velliscig
    Casting
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Una Cena insieme a Te
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Music Video, Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes 44 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 20, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    Italian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Holden School
Distribution Information
  • Pellicola42
    Distributor
    Country: Italy
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Anita Luz Berman, Matteo Giunchi, Claudio Pauri

A polyhedric artist with a trashy, post-industrial aesthetic, a singing performer with a past on Brodway and a photographer with a passion for portraiture met in Turin, at the Holden School of storytelling and performing arts, to create a fabulous short film.
They locked themselves in a room with a piano for six months and built stories, then destroyed and reassembled them. The creative process causes the writing of the script and music to continually influence each other. "A Dinner With My Man" cannot exist without everyone's artistic sensibilities.
The Three Fabulous Directors direct a dark and romantic short film, with a musical score that accompanies the viewer into Linda's mind.

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Director Statement

This film made us dream, it made us sing, it made us remember, as if we were children, the joy and wonder of being immersed in the work of cinema.