Nanni Moretti always dresses impeccably — whether tuxed-up for the Cannes red carpet for his eight competition appearances since 1978 (his ninth, for A Brighter Tomorrow, will come May 24) or walking the Croisette in the casual chic (cashmere sweaters and chinos with open-collar shirts in dark gray or plum) that appears to come naturally to Italian men of Moretti’s generation. But the mantle of elder statesman of Italian cinema seems to hang on the 69-year-old director more like an ill-fitting suit.
It’s hard to deny Moretti’s position as a successor to the great neorealists — Vittorio De Sica, Federico Fellini, Roberto Rossellini — and the generation of New Wave heroes of the 1960s like Michelangelo Antonioni, Bernardo Bertolucci and Lina Wertmüller who reclaimed and restored Italian cinema after the ravages of fascism. His list of awards and acclaims alone — the Palme d’Or for The Son’s Room in 2001, Cannes best director in 1994 for Dear Diary,...
It’s hard to deny Moretti’s position as a successor to the great neorealists — Vittorio De Sica, Federico Fellini, Roberto Rossellini — and the generation of New Wave heroes of the 1960s like Michelangelo Antonioni, Bernardo Bertolucci and Lina Wertmüller who reclaimed and restored Italian cinema after the ravages of fascism. His list of awards and acclaims alone — the Palme d’Or for The Son’s Room in 2001, Cannes best director in 1994 for Dear Diary,...
- 5/19/2023
- by Scott Roxborough and Concita De Gregorio
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Watch Italian actor and director Nanni Moretti’s complex and heartfelt performance as a grieving widower in the family drama “Quiet Chaos” (Caos Calmo) and try to imagine a time when he was quickly summed up as Italy’s answer to Woody Allen. Few actors are capable of performances that speak so truthfully about men, their complicated relationships with work and family and their way in the modern world, like Moretti. He’s in a league all his own. While Moretti forgoes directing “Quiet Chaos” in place of fellow Italian Antonello Grimaldi, his performance is strong enough to cancel any nostalgia for his alter ego Michele, the funny protagonist of his early films “Ecce Bombo,” “Sweet Dreams” and “Palombella Rossa.” Thankfully, Moretti’s comic touch remains intact throughout “Quiet Chaos,” a drama that benefits from spots of laughter. More importantly, Moretti displays a skill for drama far better than any of Allen’s serious efforts.
- 6/25/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Locarno, Switzerland -- Italian auteur Nanni Moretti was presented with the Locarno Film Festival's Golden Leopard lifetime achievement award Wednesday during yet another evening threatened by rain.
The unusually wet August has been a persistent theme at this year's festival, enough so that Moretti cracked: "I'm just trying to keep this short. It's starting to rain," when Locarno artistic director Frederic Maire asked if he had anything to add.
It did, in fact, rain periodically during the screening of "Son of Rambow" that followed, a coming-of-age story that made its appearance in Locarno a year later than originally expected.
The film, which director Garth Jennings said was a tribute to Sylvester Stallone's "Rambo" films, was originally scheduled to appear in Locarno last year, but was pulled at the last minute because of legal issues that have since been resolved.
The Piazza Grande screening of "Rambow" preceded a screening of 1989's "Red Wood Pigeon," part of the festival's homage to Moretti.
So far, five of the seven Piazza Grande screenings at this year's festival have been at least threatened by rain, focusing added attention on the indoor screenings and the festival's myriad sidebars. One of those sidebars -- the Open Doors Film Laboratory -- concluded Wednesday with a Chilean drama and a Dominican-Mexican co-production taking the top honors.
Chile's Alejandro Fernandez Almendras, who directed "Seated in Front of the Fire," and "Jen Gentil" directors Laura Amelia Guzman and Israel Cardenas Ramirez were the main Open Doors winners. Each film will receive a cash prize of 50,000 Swiss Francs ($48,800), along with other support from the sidebar, which focuses on helping up-and-coming directors from different regions of the world.
"Filmmaking in Latin America is making a remarkable contribution to world cinema," Open Doors director Vincenzo Bugno said of the region selected for this year's lab.
Thursday's lineup will be highlighted by the final day of several minor Locarno sidebars and a single Piazza Grande screening -- "Khamsa," from France's Karim Dridi. The weather forecast Locarno calls for clear skies during the day, and a chance of rain again after sunset.
The festival concludes Saturday.
The unusually wet August has been a persistent theme at this year's festival, enough so that Moretti cracked: "I'm just trying to keep this short. It's starting to rain," when Locarno artistic director Frederic Maire asked if he had anything to add.
It did, in fact, rain periodically during the screening of "Son of Rambow" that followed, a coming-of-age story that made its appearance in Locarno a year later than originally expected.
The film, which director Garth Jennings said was a tribute to Sylvester Stallone's "Rambo" films, was originally scheduled to appear in Locarno last year, but was pulled at the last minute because of legal issues that have since been resolved.
The Piazza Grande screening of "Rambow" preceded a screening of 1989's "Red Wood Pigeon," part of the festival's homage to Moretti.
So far, five of the seven Piazza Grande screenings at this year's festival have been at least threatened by rain, focusing added attention on the indoor screenings and the festival's myriad sidebars. One of those sidebars -- the Open Doors Film Laboratory -- concluded Wednesday with a Chilean drama and a Dominican-Mexican co-production taking the top honors.
Chile's Alejandro Fernandez Almendras, who directed "Seated in Front of the Fire," and "Jen Gentil" directors Laura Amelia Guzman and Israel Cardenas Ramirez were the main Open Doors winners. Each film will receive a cash prize of 50,000 Swiss Francs ($48,800), along with other support from the sidebar, which focuses on helping up-and-coming directors from different regions of the world.
"Filmmaking in Latin America is making a remarkable contribution to world cinema," Open Doors director Vincenzo Bugno said of the region selected for this year's lab.
Thursday's lineup will be highlighted by the final day of several minor Locarno sidebars and a single Piazza Grande screening -- "Khamsa," from France's Karim Dridi. The weather forecast Locarno calls for clear skies during the day, and a chance of rain again after sunset.
The festival concludes Saturday.
- 8/13/2008
- by By Eric J. Lyman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Rome -- Julian Jarrold's "Brideshead Revisited" will open the 61st Locarno Film Festival, highlighting a lineup that will see nearly two dozen world premieres screen in the festival's historic Piazza Grande or in the main competition.
"Brideshead" -- a European premiere -- is a World War II drama based on the Evelyn Waugh novel and starring Matthew Goode as Capt. Charles Ryder. It screens Aug. 6.
The world premiere of Solveig Anspach's Franco-Icelandic comedy "Back Soon" will close the lakeside festival Aug. 16.
In between, the Piazza Grande lineup will unspool Marco Siega's comedic drama "Chaos Theory," Clark Gregg's comedy "Choke," Denis Rabaglia's romantic drama "Marcello, Marcello" and Garth Jennings' "Son of Rambow," which was scheduled to screen in Locarno in 2007 but pulled because of a legal dispute.
The Piazza Grande selection continues the trend of accessible fare screening in Europe's largest outdoor cinema venue under third-year artistic director Frederic Maire, as opposed to the more weighty and cerebral productions that screened there in the past.
The 17-film international competition lineup, meanwhile, is made up entirely of world and international premieres.
The complete competition lineup follows:
Piazza Grande
"Back Soon," Solveig Anspach, Iceland/France
"Berlin Calling," Hannes Stoehr, Germany
"Brideshead Revisited," Julian Jarrold, U.K.
"Chaos Theory," Marcos Siega, U.S.
"Choke," Clark Gregg, U.S.
"In 3 Tagen Bist Du Tot 2," Andreas Prochaska, Austria
"Khamsa," Karim Dridi, France
"La Fille De Monaco," Anne Fontaine, France
"Lesson 21," Alessandro Baricco, Italy/U.K.
"Marcello Marcello," Denis Rabaglia, Switzerland/Germany
"Retouches," Georges Schwizgebel, Switzerland/Canada
"Night and the City," Jules Dassin, U.K.
"Nordwand," Philipp Stolzl, Germany/Austria/Switzerland
"Outlander," Howard McCain, U.S.
"Palombella Rossa," Nanni Moretti, Italy/France
"Plus Tard Tu Comprendras," Amos Gitai, France/ Germany
"Son of Rambow," Garth Jennings, U.K. /France
"The Eternity Man," Julien Temple, Australia/U.K.
"I Know," Jan Cvitkovic, Slovenia/Hungary
International competition
"33 Scenes From Life," Malgorzata Szumowska, Germany/Poland
"Daytime Drinking," Noh Young-seok, South Korea
"Dioses," Josue Mendez, Peru/Argentine/Germany /France
"Elle Veut Le Chaos," Denis Cote, Canada
"Katia's Sister," Mijke de Jong, Netherlands
"Kisses," Lance Daly, Ireland/Sweden
"Feast of Villains," Pan Jian Lin, Chine
"Mar Nero," Federico Bondi, Italy/Romania/France
"March," Klaus Handl, Austria
"Nulle Part Terre Promise," Emmanuel Finkiel, France
"Parque Via," Enrique Rivero, Mexico
"Sleep Furiously," Gideon Koppel, U.K.
"Autumn," Ozcan Alper, Turkey/Germany
"The Market -- A Tale of Trade," Ben Hopkins, Germany/U.K./Turkey/Kazakhstan
"Um Amor de Perdicao," Mario Barroso, Portugal/Brazil
"Un Autre Homme," Lionel Baier, Switzerland
"Yuri's Day," Kirill Serebrennikov, Russia/Germany...
"Brideshead" -- a European premiere -- is a World War II drama based on the Evelyn Waugh novel and starring Matthew Goode as Capt. Charles Ryder. It screens Aug. 6.
The world premiere of Solveig Anspach's Franco-Icelandic comedy "Back Soon" will close the lakeside festival Aug. 16.
In between, the Piazza Grande lineup will unspool Marco Siega's comedic drama "Chaos Theory," Clark Gregg's comedy "Choke," Denis Rabaglia's romantic drama "Marcello, Marcello" and Garth Jennings' "Son of Rambow," which was scheduled to screen in Locarno in 2007 but pulled because of a legal dispute.
The Piazza Grande selection continues the trend of accessible fare screening in Europe's largest outdoor cinema venue under third-year artistic director Frederic Maire, as opposed to the more weighty and cerebral productions that screened there in the past.
The 17-film international competition lineup, meanwhile, is made up entirely of world and international premieres.
The complete competition lineup follows:
Piazza Grande
"Back Soon," Solveig Anspach, Iceland/France
"Berlin Calling," Hannes Stoehr, Germany
"Brideshead Revisited," Julian Jarrold, U.K.
"Chaos Theory," Marcos Siega, U.S.
"Choke," Clark Gregg, U.S.
"In 3 Tagen Bist Du Tot 2," Andreas Prochaska, Austria
"Khamsa," Karim Dridi, France
"La Fille De Monaco," Anne Fontaine, France
"Lesson 21," Alessandro Baricco, Italy/U.K.
"Marcello Marcello," Denis Rabaglia, Switzerland/Germany
"Retouches," Georges Schwizgebel, Switzerland/Canada
"Night and the City," Jules Dassin, U.K.
"Nordwand," Philipp Stolzl, Germany/Austria/Switzerland
"Outlander," Howard McCain, U.S.
"Palombella Rossa," Nanni Moretti, Italy/France
"Plus Tard Tu Comprendras," Amos Gitai, France/ Germany
"Son of Rambow," Garth Jennings, U.K. /France
"The Eternity Man," Julien Temple, Australia/U.K.
"I Know," Jan Cvitkovic, Slovenia/Hungary
International competition
"33 Scenes From Life," Malgorzata Szumowska, Germany/Poland
"Daytime Drinking," Noh Young-seok, South Korea
"Dioses," Josue Mendez, Peru/Argentine/Germany /France
"Elle Veut Le Chaos," Denis Cote, Canada
"Katia's Sister," Mijke de Jong, Netherlands
"Kisses," Lance Daly, Ireland/Sweden
"Feast of Villains," Pan Jian Lin, Chine
"Mar Nero," Federico Bondi, Italy/Romania/France
"March," Klaus Handl, Austria
"Nulle Part Terre Promise," Emmanuel Finkiel, France
"Parque Via," Enrique Rivero, Mexico
"Sleep Furiously," Gideon Koppel, U.K.
"Autumn," Ozcan Alper, Turkey/Germany
"The Market -- A Tale of Trade," Ben Hopkins, Germany/U.K./Turkey/Kazakhstan
"Um Amor de Perdicao," Mario Barroso, Portugal/Brazil
"Un Autre Homme," Lionel Baier, Switzerland
"Yuri's Day," Kirill Serebrennikov, Russia/Germany...
- 7/16/2008
- by By Eric J. Lyman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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