Mia madre is a sad little film, and also a very funny one which isnt so contradictory when the subject is the very inability to match thought and action, vision and reality. Giovanni nanni moretti is an italian film director, producer. Margherita buy and nanni moretti in mia madre 2015 nanni moretti in mia madre 2015 nanni moretti. With margherita buy, john turturro, giulia lazzarini, nanni moretti. Mia madre disappoints by talia soghomonian may 16, 2015. The palme dor winner in 2001, in 2012 he was the president of the jury at the cannes film festival. Nanni moretti the main character had to be a woman this article is more than 4 years old italian filmmaker nanni moretti is back at cannes with mia madre, about a film director. The most recent film by awardwinning filmmaker and actor nanni moretti, the beautiful mia madre my mother, was presented in the special presentation section of the 40th edition of the toronto international film festival tiff. Moretti in mia madre 2015 nanni moretti at an event for mia madre 2015 margherita.
Moretti should stick to film making but not acting as he goes. Presented at cannes film festival in may, his last work didnt get any kind of recognition there. Nanni moretti the main character had to be a woman italian filmmaker nanni moretti is back at cannes with mia madre, about a film director swamped with personal troubles. Nanni moretti, jahrgang 1953, romer, mitburger, kunstler, ist eine institution im italienischen kino. Film profile for nanni moretti, director and actor, born 19 august 1953. My mother is a 2015 francoitalian drama film directed by nanni moretti. The film discussed, my mother, is being released in the u. A story centered on the relationship between the newly elected pope and his therapist. The films concept is blunt, but morettis followthrough is tender and nuanced.
The best movies directed by nanni moretti flickchart. Margherita, a director in the middle of an existential crisis, has to deal with the inevitable and still unacceptable loss of her mother. He struggles with distractions while trying to make a documentary of the italian national elections. He presided over the cannes jury in 2012, and is finally back in 2015 with his latest title, mia madre, stars john turturro and. Director of the turin film festival in 2007 and 2008. With michel piccoli, nanni moretti, jerzy stuhr, renato scarpa. Some months later, here it comes, prestigious cinephile magazine delivers its verdict and morettis film gets voted as the best of 2015. Acclaimed italian auteur nanni moretti returns to brilliant form with his new dramedy mia. Nanni moretti celebrity profile check out the latest nanni moretti photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. After the papal crisis of we have a pope and the political crisis of the caiman, nanni moretti returns to more. Nanni morettis films include dear diary, the sons room, to each his own cinema, we have a pope. It was screened in the special presentations section of the 2015 toronto international film festival. Shes dealing with her mothers failing health and other personal relationships.
There was something that italian director nanni moretti captured that resonated with me. In 1970 he also played in waterpolo first division in italy, and in the junior national team. It was selected to compete for the palme dor at the 2015 cannes film festival. The filmmaker and cannes veteran opens up about his latest personal film and his relationship with actors. The film, which played in competition at the cannes film festival on. Mia madre nanni moretti, 2015 seattle screen scene. The story is taken from the homonymous novel by israeli author eshkol nevo, written in 2015 and released in italy in 2017. If you dont watch any other italian cinema, nanni moretti is a directoractor whose work you shouldnt miss. His semiautobiographical film deals with a director who is shooting a film while her mother is dying.
Look moretti, this is the second time this has happened to you in life. Excellent film,full of tender and agonising insights into lifes regrets and failings. A filmmaker has to cope with her dying mother and a pompous american star in this tragicomic triumph by nanni moretti. Cannes 2015 mia madre nanni moretti under normal circumstances, we all have to bury our mother at some point in our life.
Nanni moretti who also plays a role tries to include a message in his film life is not eternal, but because of the many antics of turturro, you hardly notice. Five questions for nanni moretti the new york times. Mia madre, nanni morettis latest film, tells the story of marguerita marguerita buy, a filmmaker in the middle of making a political drama about a factory strike. On a professional level first, the middleaged film director, has started wondering. Nanni moretti, whose films have a way of feeding off morettis life. Here are a few examples of ways you can filter the charts. Press conference for mia madre with nanni moretti, giulia lazzarini, margherita buy, beatrice mancini et john turturro. Nanni moretti, nanni moretti, laura morante, jasmine trinca, giuseppe sanfelice, silvio orlando, stefan accorsi, claudia della seta, linda ferri.
The director and actor nanni moretti discusses his film mia madre, which played at the 2015 new york film festival. Nanni moretti takes a comic look at the ebbs and flows of his life as he becomes a father for the first time. Turturro met nanni moretti in 1992 when he was invited by the italian director to bring his feature directorial debut mac to rome for a cinema retrospective that moretti curated. Reason for pick director of we have a pope, the sons room. So had to check his filmography and believe the first one was the 1977 padre padrone by the. Mia madre my mother a film by nanni moretti youtube. Margherita buy is fabulous as nanni morettis alterego in this film about a director struggling with the demands of making a movie with a bratty lead actor and her mothers terminal illness.
This is the second director interview by our correspondent amir ganjavie, this one conducted at the 2015 toronto film festival. We have a pope is a 2011 italian comedydrama film directed by nanni moretti. Nanni morettis mother was dying during the making of his last film. Now the italian director has turned that experience into mia madre. Mia madre nanni moretti, 2015 september 9, 2016 september 9, 2016 jhon hernandez mia madre, nanni morettis latest film, tells the story of marguerita marguerita buy, a filmmaker in the middle of making a political drama about a factory strike. Nanni moretti was born on the 19th of august, 1953. Story within a story, director within a director master director nanni moretti presents the story of a mother inches away from death.
Thats actually not so bad, because after the difficult films we saw in recent days at the ghent film festival, we were happy to see something light, and mia madre is the ideal antidote. After winning the palme dor in 2001 for the sons room, italian director nanni moretti has only made two films since, 2006s the caiman and 2011s we have a pope. Nanni moretti on his latest film mia madre panoram italia. I couldnt wait for it to be released in the us so i. Nanni morettis mia madre is a personal project in the worst way possible. Nanni moretti im searching my brain archives trying to find which was the first nanni moretti film i saw and is useless as seems i know him since my love for cinema started a long time ago. It was selected to compete for the palme dor at the 2015 cannes. Margherita buy, john turturro, giulia lazzarini margherita buy is an earnest, selfabsorbed film director trying to make a movie about factory workers bonding together while coping with her sceptical, ailing mother lazzarini. For the first time in his career, in fact, nanni moretti will shoot a film, three stories, inspired by a nonoriginal subject. The film is reportedly based on morettis experiences with dealing with the death of a loved one. My mother is a 2015 italianfrench drama film directed by nanni moretti. Turturro gives one of the best performances of the year in a semiautobiographical film from nanni moretti the sons room.