Nanni Moretti — Playwright (10)
Ecce Bombo (1978) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Ecce bombo
director: Nanni Moretti actor: Nanni Moretti / Luisa Rossi
other title: Ecce bombo / Ecce bombo (traperos)
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 friends don't know what to do, though young and with so many possibilities to find a job in life. Intellectuals marginalized and misunderstood, the four friends find themselves when they can in a restaurant to discuss their outlandish theories. A girl named Olga disrupts their life, but Michele is her favorite, although he does not know what to do with the girl.
We Have a Pope (2011) [Movie] TMDB
Habemus Papam
director: Nanni Moretti actor: Michel Piccoli / Nanni Moretti
other title: Habemus Papam / Habemus Papam - Temos Papa
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 him he is the right man for the job, call on a renowned therapist who also happens to be an atheist. But the Pope's fear of his newfound responsibility is one he must face alone. Winner Best Film at the Italian Golden Globes.
Bianca (1984) [Movie] TMDB
Bianca
director: Nanni Moretti actor: Nanni Moretti / Laura Morante
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 meaningless if he doesn’t have a woman by his side but, after a series of rather disastrous experiences, he feels more alone than ever. Then, out of the blue, a new French teacher called Bianca arrives at school. Amongst uncertainties and contradictions, the two start dating. In the meantime, a series of homicides take place and a police officer begins to suspect that Michele is involved. Bianca will save him providing an alibi at the right moment, but then, everything goes wrong again.
The Caiman (2006) [Movie] TMDB
Il caimano
other title: Il caimano / O Caimão
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 prime minister and media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi, a subject so controversial that even the public television broadcaster refuses to produce it
Sweet Dreams (1981) [Movie] TMDB
Sogni d'oro
director: Nanni Moretti actor: Nanni Moretti / Nicola Di Pinto
other title: Sogni d'oro / Sonhos de ouro
Michele criticizes the film industry and its inhabitants, and is particularly embattled with a Neapolitan director making a musical about the 1968 student demonstrations. At the same time, Michele has a creative block and struggles to finish his film titled "Freud’s Mother." Nanni Moretti’s self-inquiry into filmmaking, political ennui, and men’s relations with their mothers.
Santiago, Italia (2018) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Santiago, Italia
director: Nanni Moretti actor: Nanni Moretti / Patricio Guzmán
Dal settembre 1973, dopo il colpo di stato del generale Pinochet, l’ambasciata italiana a Santiago ha ospitato centinaia e centinaia di richiedenti asilo. Attraverso interviste ai protagonisti si racconta la storia di quel periodo drammatico, durante il quale alcuni diplomatici italiani hanno reso possibile la salvezza di tante vite umane.
The Mass Is Ended (1985) [Movie] TMDB
La messa è finita
director: Nanni Moretti actor: Nanni Moretti / Ferruccio De Ceresa
other title: La messa è finita / A missa acabou
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 friends, but discovers that many of them are depressed or frustrated, and some suicidal.
Three Floors (2021) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Tre piani
director: Nanni Moretti actor: Margherita Buy / Riccardo Scamarcio
other title: Tre piani / Drei Etagen
Follows the lives of three families who live in a three-story building in a Roman neighbourhood.