Big Night

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Legend
OCOpen Captioned
Special Content
35mm
SFSensory Friendly

Big Night

Presented in 35mm—Followed by a tasting reception in the Jane Peck Gallery

Big Night tells the story of two brothers, recent immigrants to America, who run an Italian restaurant called Paradise. Stanley Tucci’s poignant labor-of-love features complex romances and plot twists, along with unforgettable performances by Tony Shalhoub as Primo, a brilliant but irascible culinary perfectionist, and Tucci himself as Secondo, his charming brother who acts as front-man and manager, desperately trying to keep their restaurant afloat. Their hopes are pinned on a favor from the owner of the nearby Pascal’s, an enormously successful restaurant, despite its mediocre fare – he will call his friend, a big-time jazz musician, to play a special benefit at Paradise. Primo begins to prepare his masterpiece, a feast of a lifetime, for the brothers’ big night…

 

Afterwards, join us upstairs in the Jane Peck Gallery to enjoy a delectable tasting menu, presented in partnership with Pubstreet.

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"As delicately and deliciously prepared as the dishes it features, Big Night is a lyric to the love of food, family and persuasive acting."
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

This film is part of the Film to Table series.



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