The play begins with Carmelo’s realisation that the family's income will not see them through until the end of the month. And then there is la nona, whose insatiable appetite is quite literally eating the family out of their house and home.
Marta maintains the charade of working in a chemist, although this is a cover for her work as a prostitute. Chicho is supposedly an artist, a composer of tangos, yet in reality he is a layabout who reads the newspaper in bed all day and makes no contribution to the finances of the household. Carmelo and Maria are parents to Marta forming the nuclear family who cohabit with Carmelo’s brother, Chicho, their unmarried aunt, Anyula, as well as their elderly grandmother, la nona.Ĭarmelo runs a fruit stall, Maria tries to keep the family in order, assisted by Anyula, who is anxious to tend to every whim of her favourite nephew, Chicho. Three generations of an Italian immigrant family live under one roof. As the family heads towards ruin, they take extreme measures in their attempts to replenish the funds which are being leeched by the elderly woman’s voracious and insatiable appetite. 1977 First production date: 1977 Keywords: identity > class/social standing, identity > race, identity > ethnicity, family > brothers/sisters, family > patriarchy, identity > race, family > duty, family > parents and children, society > poverty PitchĪ dysfunctional Italian immigrant family are being eaten out of their house and home by their grandmother. Titles English title: La nona Date written: c.
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