Nanni Moretti

Nanni Moretti

1953-08-19 Bruneck, Italy 110 Credits

Biography

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 "Swe...

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Vittoria

Vittoria

2024

Producer

7.4
Producing

Jasmine is 40 and has everything she ever wanted: a devoted husband, three loving sons, and a thriving hair salon just south of Naples. But after her ...

Quasi a casa

Quasi a casa

2024

Producer

7.6
Producing

Caterina is in her 20s, her dream is to become a musician but she’s paralyzed by fear. One summer she meets her idol, the French singer Mia. It is the...

Carlo Mazzacurati - A Certain Idea of Cinema

Carlo Mazzacurati - A Certain Idea of Cinema

2024

as Self

Acting

Explore the life and work of acclaimed Italian filmmaker Carlo Mazzacurati, who passed away in 2014. It delves into his distinctive poetic style, blen...

A Brighter Tomorrow

A Brighter Tomorrow

2023

as Giovanni

7.0
Acting

An old film director, unhappy with the movie he's shooting about a Hungarian circus stranded in Rome during the 1956 anti-Soviet uprising, faces divor...

A Brighter Tomorrow

A Brighter Tomorrow

2023

Director, Producer, Screenplay

7.0
Directing Producing Writing

An old film director, unhappy with the movie he's shooting about a Hungarian circus stranded in Rome during the 1956 anti-Soviet uprising, faces divor...

Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone

Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone

2022

Acting

Documentary by Marco Spagnoli.

The Hummingbird

The Hummingbird

2022

as Daniele Carradori

7.0
Acting

Everyone in Marco's life seems constantly restless, from his brilliant but unhappily married parents to his own wife Marina, or even Luisa, the real l...

Las Leonas

Las Leonas

2022

as Sé stesso

7.3
Acting

The story of a group of women immigrants in Rome, the majority from South America, working as caregivers or house cleaners, and all of them avid socce...

Las Leonas

Las Leonas

2022

Producer

7.3
Producing

The story of a group of women immigrants in Rome, the majority from South America, working as caregivers or house cleaners, and all of them avid socce...

Piazza

Piazza

2022

Producer

Producing
We Are Cinema

We Are Cinema

2021

as Self (archive footage)

9.5
Acting

An Italian documentary about Italian cinema.

Senza troppo recitare la follia

Senza troppo recitare la follia

2021

Acting
Three Floors

Three Floors

2021

as Vittorio

6.4
Acting

Follows the lives of three families who live in a three-story building in a Roman neighbourhood.

Three Floors

Three Floors

2021

Screenplay, Producer, Director

6.4
Writing Producing Directing

Follows the lives of three families who live in a three-story building in a Roman neighbourhood.

Santiago, Italia

Santiago, Italia

2018

as Self

7.2
Acting

After the coup d'État of the Democratic government of Allende, the embassy of Italy in Santiago played a major role in helping the opposers of the reg...

Santiago, Italia

Santiago, Italia

2018

Screenplay, Producer, Director

7.2
Writing Producing Directing

After the coup d'État of the Democratic government of Allende, the embassy of Italy in Santiago played a major role in helping the opposers of the reg...

Dalla quercia alla palma - 40 anni di Padre Padrone

Dalla quercia alla palma - 40 anni di Padre Padrone

2017

as Himself

Acting

Memories and anecdotes of the making of "Padre Padrone"

Evviva Giuseppe

Evviva Giuseppe

2017

as Himself

6.5
Acting

The life and work of Giuseppe Bertolucci, as told by his father and brother, friends and colleagues.

Cheerful Ischia and Smiling Collarbones

2017

as Self

6.0
Acting

Nanni Moretti talks about films while he works out with a personal trainer.

Piazza Mazzini

2017

6.0
Acting

Nanni Moretti talks about the making of Ecce bombo while working out with his personal trainer.

Cheerful Ischia and Smiling Collarbones

2017

Director

6.0
Directing

Nanni Moretti talks about films while he works out with a personal trainer.

Piazza Mazzini

2017

Director

6.0
Directing

Nanni Moretti talks about the making of Ecce bombo while working out with his personal trainer.

Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre'

Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre'

2016

as Self

Acting

A documentary on the making of Mia Madre (2015).

Venanzio Revolt: I miei primi 80 anni di cinema

Venanzio Revolt: I miei primi 80 anni di cinema

2016

as Narrator

Acting

The producer and writer from Turin, Lorenzo Ventavoli, talks to his friend, the critic Steve Della Casa, in a brilliant conversation that touches on t...

The Legend of the Palme d'Or

The Legend of the Palme d'Or

2015

as Self

6.0
Acting

From Martin Scorsese to Jane Campion, from Emir Kusturica to Quentin Tarantino, some of the greatest recipients of this trophy recall special moments ...

Mia madre

Mia madre

2015

as Giovanni

6.7
Acting

Margherita, a director in the middle of an existential crisis, has to deal with the inevitable and still unacceptable loss of her mother.

Mia madre

Mia madre

2015

Director, Writer, Producer

6.7
Directing Writing Producing

Margherita, a director in the middle of an existential crisis, has to deal with the inevitable and still unacceptable loss of her mother.

Tutte le storie di Piera

Tutte le storie di Piera

2014

Acting

Gently Dig the Abdomen

2013

Director

Directing
Autobiography of the Masked Man

Autobiography of the Masked Man

2013

Director

Directing
The King

The King

2013

Producer

5.7
Producing

Transposing the story of the Passion of Jesus to Sardinia, Su Re draws for the very first time on the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John tog...

Girlfriend in a Coma

Girlfriend in a Coma

2012

as Self

6.9
Acting

Girlfriend in a Coma is a documentary that exposes the dire situation of Italian politics and the process of economic and social decline the country h...

A Special Day

A Special Day

2012

as Self

6.0
Acting

At the 60th anniversary of Cannes Film Festival, 34 famous directors are followed by camera.

Voi siete qui

Voi siete qui

2011

as Self

Acting
We Have a Pope

We Have a Pope

2011

as Dott. Brezzi

6.8
Acting

The newly elected Pope suffers a panic attack just as he is about to greet the faithful who have gathered to see him. His advisors, unable to convince...

We Have a Pope

We Have a Pope

2011

Director, Producer, Screenplay

6.8
Directing Producing Writing

The newly elected Pope suffers a panic attack just as he is about to greet the faithful who have gathered to see him. His advisors, unable to convince...

Block-notes di Habemus Papam

2011

Producer

Producing
Quiet Chaos

Quiet Chaos

2008

as Pietro Paladini

6.5
Acting

Pietro is a successful businessman with a wife and a daughter. One day he helps his brother save two women from drowning at the beach. When he returns...

Quiet Chaos

Quiet Chaos

2008

Screenplay

6.5
Writing

Pietro is a successful businessman with a wife and a daughter. One day he helps his brother save two women from drowning at the beach. When he returns...

Film Quiz

Film Quiz

2008

as Himself

6.6
Acting

Nanni Moretti speaks of the forty films that have inspired him.

Film Quiz

Film Quiz

2008

Director

6.6
Directing

Nanni Moretti speaks of the forty films that have inspired him.

To Each His Own Cinema

To Each His Own Cinema

2007

as Nanni Moretti (segment "Diario di uno spettatore")

6.5
Acting

Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmak...

To Each His Own Cinema

To Each His Own Cinema

2007

Director, Writer

6.5
Directing Writing

Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmak...

Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)

Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)

2007

Director

6.0
Directing

A collection of short films by 16 European directors.

Diary of a Moviegoer

Diary of a Moviegoer

2007

Director

Directing

Through diary-style format, Nanni Moretti explores and confesses his thoughts and reflections on cinema, including a Vespa ride where he mulls over ci...

The Last Championship

The Last Championship

2007

as Self

Acting

Documentary by Moretti (later to become “Palombella rossa”) about his last competitive waterpolo tournament (1986), accompanied by his voice-over. It ...

Say Something Left-Wing

2007

as Himself

6.8
Acting

The filmmaker Nanni Moretti recounts the story of his relationship with politics, both through his films and his political activism.

The Last Championship

The Last Championship

2007

Writer, Producer, Director

Writing Producing Directing

Documentary by Moretti (later to become “Palombella rossa”) about his last competitive waterpolo tournament (1986), accompanied by his voice-over. It ...

The Caiman's Diary

2006

Director

Directing

The filmmaker's diary of the making of "Il caimano" and the political events that led up to it.

Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)

Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)

2006

Director

6.0
Directing

A collection of short films by 16 European directors.

The Caiman

The Caiman

2006

as Nanni Moretti / Silvio Berlusconi

6.7
Acting

Bruno Bonomo was a famous producer of B-movies in the ‘70s. After a long hiatus, Bonomo offers a screenplay to RAI centered on the figure of Italy’s p...

The Caiman

The Caiman

2006

Director, Screenplay, Producer

6.7
Directing Writing Producing

Bruno Bonomo was a famous producer of B-movies in the ‘70s. After a long hiatus, Bonomo offers a screenplay to RAI centered on the figure of Italy’s p...

Colpi di testa

Colpi di testa

2005

Producer

5.0
Producing

Rome, 1968. A football passionate PE teacher formed the first woman team. Thirty eight years later, these women players remember with proud and a ting...

Te lo leggo negli occhi

Te lo leggo negli occhi

2004

as Cliente negozio

6.5
Acting
Te lo leggo negli occhi

Te lo leggo negli occhi

2004

Producer

6.5
Producing
I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto

I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto

2004

as Self

Acting

Various generations of filmmakers talk about what cinema means for them.

Anguish Cry of Predator Bird

Anguish Cry of Predator Bird

2003

as Self

6.3
Acting

A selection of deleted scenes from Nanni Moretti's 1998 film "Aprile".

Anguish Cry of Predator Bird

Anguish Cry of Predator Bird

2003

Director, Producer, Writer

6.3
Directing Producing Writing

A selection of deleted scenes from Nanni Moretti's 1998 film "Aprile".

The Last Customer

The Last Customer

2003

Director, Producer

6.1
Directing Producing

A New York pharmacy and the feelings of the people who have run it, putting their heart and soul into it, for two generations: the Gardini family.

Fellini: I'm a Born Liar

Fellini: I'm a Born Liar

2003

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.3
Acting

A look at Fellini's creative process. In extensive interviews, Fellini talks a bit about his background and then discusses how he works and how he cre...

Il salumificio

Il salumificio

2002

Producer

Producing

A builder from the province of Potenza tries to set up a large sausage factory to create employment and well-being in a predominantly agricultural tow...

Zappaterra,

2002

Producer

Producing
The Son's Room

The Son's Room

2001

as Giovanni

7.1
Acting

A psychoanalyst and his family go through profound emotional trauma when their son dies in a scuba diving accident.

The Son's Room

The Son's Room

2001

Director, Screenplay, Story

7.1
Directing Writing Producing

A psychoanalyst and his family go through profound emotional trauma when their son dies in a scuba diving accident.

Aprile

Aprile

1998

as Self

7.3
Acting

Nanni Moretti takes another look at the ebbs and flows of life in April 1996, as he becomes a father for the first time and seems unable to focus on h...

Aprile

Aprile

1998

Producer, Director, Writer

7.3
Producing Directing Writing

Nanni Moretti takes another look at the ebbs and flows of life in April 1996, as he becomes a father for the first time and seems unable to focus on h...

Three Lives and Only One Death

Three Lives and Only One Death

1996

6.5
Acting

Four intertwining stories of bizarre occurrences in Paris featuring a man who was stolen away by fairies, a professor who becomes a tramp, the lovers ...

Opening Day of Close-Up

Opening Day of Close-Up

1996

as Himself

5.4
Acting

At his cinema in Rome, the Nuovo Sacher, Nanni Moretti anxiously oversees preparations for the premiere of the film Close-up, by Iranian director Abba...

Opening Day of Close-Up

Opening Day of Close-Up

1996

Director, Writer

5.4
Directing Writing

At his cinema in Rome, the Nuovo Sacher, Nanni Moretti anxiously oversees preparations for the premiere of the film Close-up, by Iranian director Abba...

The Second Time

The Second Time

1995

as Alberto Sajevo

5.8
Acting

A convicted terrorist out on parole meets the man she nearly killed 15 years before without recognizing him. He does so but decides to keep quiet and ...

The Second Time

The Second Time

1995

Producer

5.8
Producing

A convicted terrorist out on parole meets the man she nearly killed 15 years before without recognizing him. He does so but decides to keep quiet and ...

The Only Country In The World

1994

as Cesare Botero / Self

Acting

Anthology short film with segments by nine directors against Silvio Berlusconi and its Forza Italia party — released ahead of the 1994 Italian general...

The Only Country In The World

1994

Director

Directing

Anthology short film with segments by nine directors against Silvio Berlusconi and its Forza Italia party — released ahead of the 1994 Italian general...

Dear Diary

Dear Diary

1993

as Nanni Moretti

7.4
Acting

Nanni Moretti recalls in his diary three slice of life stories characterized by a sharply ironic look: in the first one he wanders through a deserted ...

Dear Diary

Dear Diary

1993

Director, Writer, Producer

7.4
Directing Writing Producing

Nanni Moretti recalls in his diary three slice of life stories characterized by a sharply ironic look: in the first one he wanders through a deserted ...

Caro Nanni

1993

as Himself

6.5
Acting

Making of "Caro Diario"

The Yes Man

The Yes Man

1991

as Cesare Botero

7.1
Acting

Cesare Botero, an ambitious and corrupt young minister, hires a new spokesman, honest and polite high school professor Luciano Sandulli.

The Yes Man

The Yes Man

1991

Producer

7.1
Producing

Cesare Botero, an ambitious and corrupt young minister, hires a new spokesman, honest and polite high school professor Luciano Sandulli.

The Thing

The Thing

1990

Director, Editor, Producer

6.6
Directing Producing

1989. Amidst the collapse of the Eastern Bloc, the largest Communist party in Western Europe—Italy's PCI—announces it's going to change name and ident...

Palombella rossa

Palombella rossa

1989

as Michele Apicella

7.2
Acting

Michele is a Communist MP who loses his memory in a car crash—although nobody seems to notice. Over the course of a water polo match ahead of election...

Palombella rossa

Palombella rossa

1989

Director, Writer, Producer

7.2
Directing Writing Producing

Michele is a Communist MP who loses his memory in a car crash—although nobody seems to notice. Over the course of a water polo match ahead of election...

It's Happening Tomorrow

It's Happening Tomorrow

1988

as Matteo, il carbonaio

5.6
Acting

1848, Tuscan countryside. Edo and Lupo are two peasants running away after having robbed their boss. Chased by mercenaries, they'll meet bandits, dams...

It's Happening Tomorrow

It's Happening Tomorrow

1988

Producer

5.6
Producing

1848, Tuscan countryside. Edo and Lupo are two peasants running away after having robbed their boss. Chased by mercenaries, they'll meet bandits, dams...

Notte italiana

Notte italiana

1987

Producer

6.8
Producing

Otello Morsiani, a north-eastern-italian lawyer, takes the job of estimating land holdings on the Po Delta, which are intended to be expropriated to m...

The Mass Is Ended

The Mass Is Ended

1985

as Don Giulio

7.4
Acting

The young priest Father Giulio returns to Rome, his hometown, after a long pilgrimage. Don Giulio hopes to live peacefully with his family and his fri...

The Mass Is Ended

The Mass Is Ended

1985

Director, Story, Screenplay

7.4
Directing Writing

The young priest Father Giulio returns to Rome, his hometown, after a long pilgrimage. Don Giulio hopes to live peacefully with his family and his fri...

Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema

Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema

1985

as Self

Acting

A documentary about the Italian cinema as art form and industry.

Riso in bianco – Nanni Moretti atleta di se stesso

Riso in bianco – Nanni Moretti atleta di se stesso

1984

as Self

Acting

Part interview, part monologue, part documentary with Nanni Moretti talking about his work.

Bianca

Bianca

1984

as Michele Apicella

7.5
Acting

Eccentric and full of manias, Michele is a young high school professor who defines himself as “not used to happiness”. He realizes his life is meaning...

Bianca

Bianca

1984

Director, Screenplay, Story

7.5
Directing Writing

Eccentric and full of manias, Michele is a young high school professor who defines himself as “not used to happiness”. He realizes his life is meaning...

Sabatoventiquattromarzo

Sabatoventiquattromarzo

1984

Director

Directing
Sweet Dreams

Sweet Dreams

1981

as Michele Apicella

7.1
Acting

Michele criticizes the film industry and its inhabitants, and is particularly embattled with a Neapolitan director making a musical about the 1968 stu...

Sweet Dreams

Sweet Dreams

1981

Director, Story, Screenplay

7.1
Directing Writing Producing

Michele criticizes the film industry and its inhabitants, and is particularly embattled with a Neapolitan director making a musical about the 1968 stu...

Ecce Bombo

Ecce Bombo

1978

as Michele Apicella

7.4
Acting

Michele, Goffredo, Mirko and Vito are four friends who have participated in the battles of the student in Sixties. Now in the Seventies, the four frie...

Ecce Bombo

Ecce Bombo

1978

Director, Story, Screenplay

7.4
Directing Writing

Michele, Goffredo, Mirko and Vito are four friends who have participated in the battles of the student in Sixties. Now in the Seventies, the four frie...

Padre Padrone

Padre Padrone

1977

as Cesare

6.9
Acting

The true story of the life of Gavino Ledda, the son of a Sardinian shepherd, and how he managed to escape his harsh, almost barbaric existence by slow...

An Autarchic at 'Palazzo'

An Autarchic at 'Palazzo'

1977

as Himself

Acting

A short about the film "I Am Self-Sufficient"

An Autarchic at 'Palazzo'

An Autarchic at 'Palazzo'

1977

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

A short about the film "I Am Self-Sufficient"

I Am Self-Sufficient

I Am Self-Sufficient

1976

as Michele Apicella

6.5
Acting

Michele Apicella lives in Rome, in an apartment paid for by his father. Abandoned by his wife and his son Andrea, he occupies his time acting in an ex...

I Am Self-Sufficient

I Am Self-Sufficient

1976

Director, Writer, Editor

6.5
Directing Writing Producing

Michele Apicella lives in Rome, in an apartment paid for by his father. Abandoned by his wife and his son Andrea, he occupies his time acting in an ex...

How Do You Speak, Brother?

How Do You Speak, Brother?

1974

as Don Rodrigo

6.5
Acting

A parody of Manzoni's canonical 19th-century novel "I promessi sposi" (The Bethroded) from the point of view of the villain Don Rodrigo, who, however,...

How Do You Speak, Brother?

How Do You Speak, Brother?

1974

Producer, Director, Writer

6.5
Producing Directing Writing

A parody of Manzoni's canonical 19th-century novel "I promessi sposi" (The Bethroded) from the point of view of the villain Don Rodrigo, who, however,...

Defeat

Defeat

1973

Acting

Demonstrations of metalworkers, students, and their allies on the left, seen from the point of view of an increasingly disillusioned young leftist. Fi...

Defeat

Defeat

1973

Producer, Director, Writer

Producing Directing Writing

Demonstrations of metalworkers, students, and their allies on the left, seen from the point of view of an increasingly disillusioned young leftist. Fi...

Bourgeois Pâté

1973

as Il ragazzo con la cinepresa

Acting

A story of a group of friends and a couple in crisis, exposing the hypocrisy of the bourgeoisie.

Bourgeois Pâté

1973

Producer, Director, Writer

Producing Directing Writing

A story of a group of friends and a couple in crisis, exposing the hypocrisy of the bourgeoisie.

Segni particolari: documentarista

N/A

Acting

A passionate, disillusioned and possibly (self)ironic portrait of a generation of filmmakers who decided to tread the rugged paths of real cinema.

It Will Happen Tonight

N/A

Acting

The film will explore contemporary emotions, fears, and relationships through intertwined stories, resembling Nevo's narrative style.

My Life with the Waters

N/A

Thanks

Vito Zagarrio, who in 1985 directed the famous documentary "Divine Waters", after 40 years goes again through it's relationship with John Waters and i...

It Will Happen Tonight

N/A

Director, Screenplay

Directing Writing

The film will explore contemporary emotions, fears, and relationships through intertwined stories, resembling Nevo's narrative style.