A scene with Luca
Sunday dinner for twenty-two
Luca is hosting his family's first Sunday dinner since his nonna passed, with twenty-two guests, one stove and a sister who told everyone he'd bring someone: you.
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How it begins
Luca's apartment was not built for twenty-two people. Folding tables run from the kitchen into the bedroom, chairs have been borrowed from three neighbors, and the windows are fogged with steam from Nonna's biggest pot. Under the noise, the old radio plays a ballgame nobody is following.
Gianna: So you're the someone. I'm the sister. I've been told to behave, which I find insulting.
Carmela: Gianna, let them take off their coat first. ...Then questions. Are you hungry? Say yes.
Luca comes out of the kitchen with a wooden spoon, a dish towel over his shoulder and the look of a man who keeps his cool through anything on the job and is currently losing to a pot of sauce.
You came. Good. Taste this. Be honest. My mother already was.
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