02-04-2025
Nanni Moretti In Intensive Care In Rome Hospital Following Heart Attack
Italian director Nanni Moretti was reported to be in intensive care in a stable condition on Wednesday evening after suffering a heart attack earlier in the day.
Italian media reported that the Dear Diary and The Son's Room filmmaker had fallen ill in the afternoon and been taken to Rome's San Camillo Hospital where he was operated on immediately.
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Moretti previously suffered a heart attack last October, which forced him to cancel his attendance of the premiere of Alessandro Cassigoli and Casey Kauffman's drama Vittoria, which he produced under the banner of his company Sacher Film.
He was seen most recently at the Bari International Film & TV Festival in southern Italy in March for a retrospective of his work.
One of Italy's best known directors, Moretti has premiered nine films in Competition at Cannes, winning Best Director for Dear Diary in 1994 and the Palme d'Or for The Son's Room in 2001.
In more recent years, he won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury for Mia Madre in 2015 and was last at the festival with A Brighter Tomorrow in 2023, which his last film to date.
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