Cinema Italiano: Aprile
01 hours 18 minutes
- Nanni Moretti, Silvia Nono, Silvio Orlando
- Nanni Moretti
- Cinema Italiano Festival, Comedy, Coming Soon
- August 1, 2024
- Subtitled
Synopsis
Unflinchingly silly and laugh-out-loud funny, director Nanni Moretti’s APRILE smuggles in clever personal, political and philosophical ideas without any pretence of seriousness.
The backdrop to the story is the birth of Moretti’s own child, coinciding with the election of the notorious Silvio Berlusconi. Moretti plays a version of himself, a filmmaker constantly distracted by his son’s impending birth and perturbed by Italy’s turn towards Populism.
Moretti’s mix of absurd humour, slapstick, autobiography and poignancy make him a genuine ‘Auteur’ like no other living Italian Director.