Nanni Moretti
Born in 1953, Moretti as an actor, director, producer, distributor and exhibitor has been a leading figure in the Italian independent film scene since the 1970s. His breakthrough international success was Caro Diary (My Diary) which won the Best Director prize at Cannes in 1994, and his stature as an international auteur was solidified with the Palm d’Or for The Son’s Room in 2001. His Nuovo Sacher cinema, in a Fascist-era structure, is Rome’s most popular arthouse.
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Mia Madre
Directed by Nanni Moretti • Drama • With Margherita Buy, John Turturro • 2016 • 107 minutes
Acclaimed Italian auteur Nanni Moretti finds comedy and pathos in the story of Margherita, a harried film director (Margherita Buy, A Five Star Life) trying to juggle the demands of her latest movie and a...
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Santiago, Italia
Directed by Nanni Moretti • Documentary • 2019 • 80 minutes
In the early seventies, the world was watching as Chile democratically elected Socialist leader Salvador Allende. His political ideals and aspirations—among them providing education for all children and distributing land to the nation’s...
