Giovanni (Nanni) Moretti (born August 19, 1953) is an Italian film director, producer, screenwriter and actor.
Born in Bruneck from the epigraphist Luigi Moretti, Greek teacher at Rome La Sapienza, and resident for his whole life in Rome, he is 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 Fest...
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Giovanni (Nanni) Moretti (born August 19, 1953) is an Italian film director, producer, screenwriter and actor.
Born in Bruneck from the epigraphist Luigi Moretti, Greek teacher at Rome La Sapienza, and resident for his whole life in Rome, he is 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.
His other work has not been widely seen outside Europe, but within his country Moretti is well known as a maker of wryly humorous and eccentric films, usually starring himself. Moretti 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).
Moretti is also an outspoken political leftist: in 2002 he organized massive street protests against the government of Silvio Berlusconi. Il caimano ...
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