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Yahoo
06-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Italian director Moretti leaves hospital after heart attack
Award-winning Italian film director Nanni Moretti spoke Sunday to the audience at a Rome film festival after leaving hospital where he underwent heart surgery, organisers said. The 71-year-old director, actor and screenwriter -- best known outside of Italy for 1993's "Caro Diario" (Dear Diary) and 2001's "La stanza del figlio" (The Son's Room) -- suffered a heart attack and was taken to a Rome hospital on Wednesday. On Thursday, the head of cardiology at Rome's San Camillo hospital said Moretti was in "stable" condition after surgery. It was not immediately known when he left hospital. But on Sunday, Moretti spoke by telephone from his home to the Custodi di Sogni - I Tesori della Cineteca Nazionale festival in Rome, according to a video sent to AFP by organisers. Often compared to Woody Allen for his eccentric, offbeat and autobiographical topics, Moretti won the Cannes Film Festival's Palme D'Or in 2001 for "The Son's Room". Moretti's most recent film, "A Brighter Tomorrow", about a film director -- played by Moretti -- competed at Cannes in 2023. cmk/djt/tw
The Guardian
03-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Italian director Nanni Moretti in intensive care after heart attack
Italian film director Nanni Moretti is in intensive care at a Rome hospital after suffering a heart attack, according to local media reports. The 71-year-old director, actor and screenwriter – best known outside Italy for 1993's Caro Diario (Dear Diary) and 2001's The Son's Room – was taken to hospital on Wednesday afternoon. He underwent surgery and is in intensive care, with Italian news agency Ansa reporting that he is in a stable condition. Often compared to Woody Allen for his quirky, offbeat and autobiographical films, in which he often appears as his alter ego, the quiet, media-shy Moretti is one of Italian cinema's sharpest social commentators. His film repertoire has included biting satire as well as gently handled stories of family crisis, such as The Son's Room, about the effect of a son's sudden death on a family, which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 2001. Often mixing awkward humour with political critique, Moretti's incisive films have taken on such topics as former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi in the 2006 satire The Caiman and the inner workings of the Holy See in 2011's We Have a Pope. After a string of films, beginning with his 1976 comedy I Am Self-Sufficient, shot on Super 8, Moretti found fame outside Italy with Caro Diario, when he zoomed into the international public's consciousness on his Vespa scooter. The film, in which Moretti zigzags through a nearly deserted Rome while sharing offbeat interactions with those he meets along the way, won him a best director award at Cannes in 1994. Moretti's most recent film, A Brighter Tomorrow, in which he plays a film director competed in the Cannes film festival in 2023.
Yahoo
02-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Italian director Nanni Moretti in hospital after heart attack: media
Italian film director Nanni Moretti was in intensive care at a Rome hospital on Wednesday after suffering a heart attack, local media reports said. The 71-year-old director, actor and screenwriter -- best known outside of Italy for 1993's "Caro Diario" (Dear Diary) and 2001's "The Son's Room" -- was transported to the hospital Wednesday afternoon after the cardiac emergency. He underwent surgery and was in intensive care, local media reported. Italian news agency Ansa reported that he was in stable condition. Often compared to Woody Allen for his quirky, offbeat and autobiographical films in which he often appears as his alter-ego, the quiet, media-shy Moretti is one of Italian cinema's sharpest social commentators. His film repertoire has included biting satire as well as gently handled stories of family crisis, such as "The Son's Room", about the effect on a family after a son's sudden death, which won Cannes' Palme d'Or in 2001. Often mixing awkward humour with political critique, Moretti's incisive films have taken on such topics as former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi in the 2006 satire "The Caiman" and the inner workings of the Holy See in "We Have a Pope". After a string of films, beginning with his 1976 comedy shot on Super 8, "I am Self-Sufficient", Moretti found fame outside Italy with 1993 "Caro Diario", when he zoomed into the international public's consciousness atop his Vespa scooter. That film, in which Moretti zigzags through a nearly deserted Rome while sharing offbeat interactions with those he meets along the way, won him a best director award at Cannes in 1994. Moretti's most recent film, "A Brighter Tomorrow", about a film director -- played by Moretti -- competed in the Cannes Film Festival in 2023. ams/rmb
