Plot

Una sera in cui viene lasciato da solo, Michele, un ragazzino dodicenne, ruba delle aragoste vive dal frigo dei suoi genitori e le porta come regalo alla madre del suo migliore amico, solo per reclamare nella sua casa una posizione che va ben oltre un posto a tavola.

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Two 12-year-old boys of different backgrounds find their friendship tested when one brings an offering of live lobsters to the other's single, working-class mother.

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Left home alone one evening, a 12-year-old boy steals some live lobsters from his parents fridge. He brings these, as a gift, to the single mother of his best friend, only to claim in his house a place that goes beyond that of a dinner seat.

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Leone and Michele play football together, puff their first cigarettes, and exchange conspiratorial glances while secretly scrubbing their teeth in conspiracy afterwards. Michele, a boy from a wealthy family, loves to spend time at the chaotic but loving home of his friend Leone. Up to now, their different backgrounds were never an issue. Today Michele has brought a huge pot of lobsters, and carries the living creatures into his friend’s kitchen.

Left home alone one evening, a 12-year-old boy steals some live lobsters from his parents’ fridge and takes them as a gift to the single working-class mother of his school friend, only to claim in their house a place that goes well beyond that of a dinner seat. Entirely set during a mundane school-day evening in Rome, Lobster Dinner is about the journey of misunderstandings, betrayals and awakenings of two boys from different social classes suddenly caught at odds in their respective quests for manhood.

Entirely set during a mundane school-day evening in Rome, Lobster Dinner is about the journey of misunderstandings, betrayals and loss of innocence of two twelve-year-old friends from different social classes who are put at odds by their respective quests for manhood.

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Vimeo Award for Best Director, CUFF 30

Official selection:
68. International Berlin Film Festival / Generation K+ | International Premiere
24th Palm Springs Shortfest | US premiere
16th Molise Cinema | Italian premiere
31st Castellinaria Film Festival of Bellinzona
23rd Riga Film Festival 2ANNAS
9th Start Int'l Short Film Festival Baku
11th Mediterranean Short Film Festival of Tangier
42nd Odense Int'l Film Festival
14th Zurich Film Festival
34th Hamburg Short Film Fest / Mo & Friese
24th Encounters Short Film Festival / Contemporary Italy
7th Delhi Shorts Film Festival
30th Columbia University Film Festival

Awards:
Special Mention of the International Jury, Berlinale Generation K+
Vimeo Award for Best Director, Columbia University Film Festival
Best Italian Short "Percorsi" award, Molise Cinema
Best Screenplay, Delhi Int'l Short Film Fest
James Bridges Production Grant

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