April (1998 film)

Aprile
Aprile
	French film poster
Directed by	Nanni Moretti
Written by	Nanni Moretti
Produced by	Angelo Barbagallo [it]; Jean Labadie; Nanni Moretti;
Starring	Nanni Moretti; Silvio Orlando; Silvia Nono; Daniele Luchetti;
Cinematography	Giuseppe Lanci
Edited by	Angelo Nicolini;
Music by	Ludovico Einaudi
Release date	20 May 1998 (France);
Running time	78 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

April (Italian: Aprile) is a 1998 Italian semi-autobiographical film directed by Nanni Moretti. Moretti also played the central character, a filmmaker who has to deal with Italy's political situation, his own goals as an artist and becoming a father.

The French director Claire Denis described the film thus, "He wants to make a musical comedy but he can't get started. So instead he talks about his life, his new baby, his desires and fears. Finally in the very last scene he begins."^[1]

Moretti's wife, son and mother appear as themselves.

Plot

Following the general election of 1994, won by the centre-right coalition led by

Ulivo wins the election. Moretti continues to try to shoot his documentary in Venice and Apulia

, but the film is never finished. On his 44th birthday he realises that he must stop hesitating and he finally begins shooting his musical in earnest.

Cast

Nanni Moretti as himself
Silvio Orlando as himself
Silvia Nono as herself
Pietro Moretti as himself
Agata Apicella Moretti as herself
Nuria Schoenberg as herself
Silvia Bonucci [it] as herself
Quentin de Fouchécour as himself
Renato De Maria as himself
Claudio Francia as himself
Jacopo Francia as himself
Matilde Francia as herself
Daniele Luchetti as himself
Giovanna Nicolai as herself
Nicola Piepoli [it] as himself

Awards

David di Donatello 1998: Best Supporting Actor (Silvio Orlando)
Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or (nominated)^[2]

References

^ Sheila Johnston (16 August 2003). "Film makers on film Claire Denis on Nanni Moretti's Aprile (1998)". Daily Telegraph. p. 20. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
^ "Aprile". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 28 September 2009.

External links

Aprile at
IMDb

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[1] Sheila Johnston (16 August 2003). "Film makers on film Claire Denis on Nanni Moretti's Aprile (1998)". Daily Telegraph. p. 20. Retrieved 29 September 2020.

[festival-cannes.com-2] "Aprile". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 28 September 2009.

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