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Nanni Moretti

Nanni Moretti

Director · b. 1953 · Bruneck, Italy

Giovanni "Nanni" Moretti (Italian pronunciation: [ˈnanni moˈretti]; born 19 August 1953; Brunico) is an Italian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. The Palme d'Or winner in 2001, in 2012 he was the President of the Jury at the Cannes Film Festival. His films have won accolades including a Palme d'Or at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival for "The Son's Room", a Silver Bear at the 1986 Berlin Film Festival for "The Mass is Ended" and a Silver Lion at the 1981 Venice Film Festival for "Sweet Dreams", in addition to the David di Donatello Award for Best Film on three occasions (for "Caro diario" in 1994, "The Son's Room" in 2001 and "Il caimano" in 2006). Moretti was born in Bruneck, Italy to Roman parents who were both teachers. His father was the late epigraphist Luigi Moretti, a Greek teacher at Sapienza University of Rome. His brother is literary scholar Franco Moretti. While growing up Moretti discovered his two passions, the cinema and water polo. Having finished his studies he pursued a career as a producer, and in 1973 directed his first two short films: Pâté de bourgeois and The Defeat (La sconfitta). In 1976, Nanni Moretti's first feature film Io sono un autarchico (I Am Self-Sufficient) was released. In 1978, he wrote, directed and starred in the movie Ecce Bombo, which tells the story of a student having problems with his entourage. It was screened at the Cannes Festival. Sogni d'oro won the Silver Lion at the 38th Venice International Film Festival. La messa è finita won the Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize at the 36th Berlin International Film Festival. He may be best known for his films Caro diario (Dear Diary, 1993; followed in 1998 by a sequel, Aprile) and La stanza del figlio (The Son's Room, 2001), the latter of which won the Palme d'Or at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Moretti has used certain actors several times in his films, generally playing minor roles. His father Luigi appears in 6 films, Dario Cantarelli and Mauro Fabretti in 5, Antonio Petrocelli in 4. More notable Italian actors he has employed frequently in his films include Silvio Orlando, who appears in 5 films (including the role of protagonist in Il caimano) and Laura Morante, who was featured in Sogni d'oro, Bianca and The Son's Room.[citation needed]. Having played waterpolo in the B division of the Italian championship, his experience later inspired his film Palombella Rossa ("palombella," which literally means "little pigeon," refers to a type of lob shot). His other work has not been widely seen outside Europe, but within his country Moretti is known as a maker of wryly humorous and eccentric films, usually starring himself. His most recent role was in the film Mia Madre (My Mother, 2015) Moretti is also an outspoken political leftist. In 2002, he organized street protests against the government of Silvio Berlusconi. Il caimano (2006) is in part about Berlusconi's controversies: in one of the three portraits of the Italian prime minister Moretti himself plays Berlusconi. Aprile also deals with Italy's political situation and Moretti's views on it. His 2011 film We Have a Pope screened In Competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.

Movies23

  • Movie6.9

    Il colibrì

    The Hummingbird

    2022 · 214 votes

  • Movie6.4
  • Movie7.0

    Il sol dell'avvenire

    A Brighter Tomorrow

    2023 · 350 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Habemus Papam

    We Have a Pope

    2011 · 604 votes

  • Movie7.1

    La stanza del figlio

    The Son's Room

    2001 · 562 votes

  • Movie7.3

    Caro diario

    1993 · 526 votes

  • Movie6.6

    Mia madre

    2015 · 384 votes

  • Movie7.2

    Santiago, Italia

    2018 · 121 votes

  • Movie6.3

    Tre Piani

    Three Floors

    2021 · 322 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Padre padrone

    1977 · 132 votes

  • Movie5.3

    Une Journée particulière

    A Special Day

    2012 · 3 votes

  • Movie7.3

    Las Leonas

    2022 · 3 votes

  • Movie6.0
  • Movie7.3

    Aprile

    1998 · 248 votes

  • Movie7.2

    Palombella rossa

    1989 · 286 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Caos calmo

    Quiet Chaos

    2008 · 203 votes

  • Movie7.4

    La messa è finita

    The Mass Is Ended

    1985 · 150 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Trois vies et une seule mort

    Three Lives and Only One Death

    1996 · 46 votes

  • Movie7.2

    Citizen Berlusconi: Il Presidente e la Stampa

    Citizen Berlusconi

    2003 · 8 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Il portaborse

    The Yes Man

    1991 · 62 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Fellini: Je suis un grand menteur

    Fellini: I'm a Born Liar

    2003 · 29 votes

  • Movie

    Succederà questa notte

    It Will Happen Tonight

    2026

  • Movie7.5

    Bianca

    1984 · 413 votes

Series2

  • TV5.0

    Ciné regards

    1978 · 1 votes

  • TV4.7