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Nanni Moretti: [walking out of the theater after watching "Henry - Portrait of a Killer"] I wandered around the city for hours trying to remember who was it that said good things about this film. I read a review in a paper. I read something positive about "Henry". Suddenly, I remember... I find the review and I copy it in my diary. Here it is: "Henry kills people but he's a kind of good guy. Only facts count for him. Otis is the real scum. Henry has a mad solidarity with his victims. A prince of annihilation, promising a merciful death. The director awakens the public to its worst nightmare: a shower of gore, impaled eyes, martyred flesh, abomination. Henry, the first to dismember the criminal philosophy of the Hollywood racists." I wonder if, whoever wrote this before falling asleep has a moment of remorse.
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Nanni Moretti: If it depends on me, I'm sure I won't make it.
Nanni Moretti
Nanni Moretti (Nanni Moretti), born on August 19, 1953 in South Tyrol, Italy, is an Italian director, screenwriter, producer and actor.
In 1976, directed his first film "Self-Sufficiency"
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. In 1978, he wrote and directed and acted in the comedy film "Watching the Bumblebee", which was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the 31st Cannes International Film Festival
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. In 1981, he wrote , directed and acted in the feature film " Sogni d'oro ", which won the Jury Prize of the 38th Venice International Film Festival
[3]
. In 1985, he wrote and directed the feature film "The Mass Is Over", which won the Jury Prize of the 36th Berlin International Film Festival
[3]
. In 1993, he won the Best Director Award at the 47th Cannes International Film Festival with the feature film " Dear Diary "
[4]
. In 1998, he wrote and directed and acted in the comedy film " Aprile ", which was shortlisted in the main competition unit of the 51st Cannes International Film Festival
[5]
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In 2001, he served as the chairman of the jury of the 58th Venice International Film Festival
[6]
; in the same year, he wrote, directed and acted in the feature film " The Son's Room ", which won the 54th Cannes International Film Festival Palme d’Or
[7]
. In 2007, he shot the 3-minute short film "Everyone Has His Own Movie"
[8] to "Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival"
. In 2011, he wrote , directed and acted in the feature film " Habemus Papam "
[9]
, which was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the 64th Cannes International Film Festival
[10]
. In 2012, he served as the chairman of the jury of the 65th Cannes International Film Festival
[11]
. In 2015, he wrote and directed and acted in the feature film " Mia madre ", which was shortlisted in the main competition unit of the 68th Cannes International Film Festival
[12]
. In 2018, he wrote, directed and acted in the documentary "Santiago, Italy".
Performing Experience
In 1976, directed his first film "self-sufficiency"
. In 1978, he participated in the drama film " Padre padrone " directed by the Taviani brothers
; in the same year, he wrote and directed and acted in the comedy film "Watching the Bumblebee", which was nominated for the main competition unit of the 31st Cannes International Film Festival
.
In 1981, he wrote , directed and acted in the feature film " Sogni d'oro ", which won the Jury Prize of the 38th Venice International Film Festival
. In 1983 , he wrote , directed and acted in the comedy film " Bianca ", which tells the protagonist’s inability to accept the breakdown of the family, which led to a series of death tragedies. With this film, he won the 28th Italian David Award for Best Actor award.
In 1985, he wrote and directed the feature film "The Mass Is Over", which won the Jury Prize of the 36th Berlin International Film Festival. With this film, he was nominated for the 30th Italian David Award for Best Director, Screenplay, and Male Actor award. In 1989 , he wrote and directed and acted in the comedy film " Palombella rossa ". With this film, he was shortlisted for the 34th Italian David Award for Best Director.
In 1992, co-starring with Silvio Orlando in the feature film " The Yes Man ", he won the 35th Italian David Award for Best Actor for the film. In 1993
, he wrote and directed and acted in the feature film " Dear Diary " . With this film, he won the Best Director Award at the 38th Italian David Award and the Best Director Award at the 47th Cannes International Film Festival
.
In 1997, he served as a judge of the 50th Cannes International Film Festival. In 1998, he wrote and directed and acted in the comedy film " Aprile ", which was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the 51st Cannes International Film Festival
. In 2001, he served as the chairman of the jury of the 58th Venice International Film Festival
; in the same year, he wrote, directed and acted in the feature film " The Son's Room ", which tells how a perfect family faces pain and difficulty after the death of a son. The story of sadness and discord, won the Palme d'Or at the 54th Cannes International Film Festival
.
In 2006, directed by Silvio Orlando , Margherita Bowie, Jasmine Trinca co-starred in the comedy film ""The film was shortlisted for the main competition of the 59th Cannes International Film Festival
. With this film, he won the 50th Italian David Award for Best Director. In 2007, a 3-minute short film "Everyone Has His Own Movie" was filmed to "Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival"
.
In 2008, he served as the screenwriter of the feature film " Caos calmo ", which was adapted from the novel of the same name written by Veronisi, and from a first-person perspective to show a man's heartache after losing his wife. With this film, he was nominated for 52nd Best Screenplay Award at the Italian David Awards. In 2011, he wrote , directed and acted in the feature film " Habemus Papam "
, which was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the 64th Cannes International Film Festival
.
In 2012, he served as the chairman of the jury of the 65th Cannes International Film Festival
. In 2015, self-written, directed and acted in the feature film " Mia madre ", which was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the 68th Cannes International Film Festival
. In 2018, he wrote, directed and acted in the documentary "Santiago, Italy".
Personal Life
Nanni Moretti's parents are both teachers. As a child, he had two hobbies: water polo and drama
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Character Evaluation
Nanni Moretti is a melancholic Italian man. He is handsome and refined, with a dignified intellectual characteristic. His films have always been committed to personal and grassroots themes, rejecting all commercial elements and being close to life. Unique style .
Nanni Moretti is an out-and-out film writer who integrates screenwriter, director, actor, producer, and even editing. His film style is unique and weird. On the one hand, he creates in a way that is good at self-ridicule and self-debate. Known as the "Woody Allen" of Italy, on the one hand, he clearly bears the label of "Hitchcock". In every movie, he presents the social and political environment in a humorous way. His autobiographical features such as strong colors have been throughout his creations from beginning to end. The subject content and expression methods are integrated into the standard mode of individual expression and used to counter the commercial film, which clearly establishes a narrative style of joking, criticism, ridicule and insight and deconstruction. His creation still adheres to the author's style of art film, and is still completely incompatible with commerce, and has made a very important contribution to the progress of world art film .
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