Eighth film in competition Cannes Film Festival. After another. A veteran. “But the emotion is always there, intact.” Nanni Moretti he cannot ignore being the protagonist, in front of, behind and “at the side” of the screen. By “on the side” we mean meetings with the press. Never trivial. Satisfied with the more than 500,000 visitors in the hall for him The sun of the future released on April 20 and in its official premiere tonight in competition at the Croisette, Moretti bursts in with an apology and relative regards.Silvio Orlando is not there, he is in Ventotene and is touring with Virzì, he greets you“. End of the message, where it is not difficult to find the ironic subtext (“He preferred to stay with Virzì in Ventotene than with me in Cannes!”). But it is clear that these are interpretations. Relaxed and visibly happy, in constant duet with Buy a margarita who would rather hide (and already does so under dark sunglasses) and avoids talking about his directorial debut with Volare, the national Nanni takes the opportunity to showcase memories, anecdotes, reflections in any order. Along with him next to Buy too Barbora Bobulova And Mathieu Amalric.
“I knew that Il Sol dell’Future was a film in which I posed naked, a film full of things, albeit brief. It was very pleasing to know that there were some young directors who were energized by my films and given confidence in the possibilities of cinema, and I was very impressed by that. Because it also happens to me as a viewer: when a film comes to my mind, I feel like working, writing a scene, a character, inventing a new story.” And this new energy will be felt for Moretti immediately after completion manifest his 70th birthday next August.I will do my first theatrical performance, I will be a novice again“.
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Very popular in France, with the benevolent affirmation of Amalric (“First of all, Nanni helped build me as a person. Thanks to his cinema, which I understood, for over 15 years he has had the ability to filter his philosophy through cinema. ” My place in the world, I felt less alone in this violent world we live in and I realized that there is a more tender way, as long as it is told with a lot of humor. And that is Moretti. And it is part of especially “I love the French door to him”), Moretti recalls his long journey to Cannes, where he first came along Ecce Bombo 1978 (“I had a yellow plaid jacket from a thrift store. The screening was on the beach side of the hotel, in the old building. But there were no dress code requirements, I was alone with some actors. We were totally unaware).
“Then consciousness came Dear Diary, my first award I have received here,” the filmmaker continues. “This year Clint Eastwood was President of the Jury and I discovered that he still remembers my wasp! And then clear son’s room“. But Nanni is never entirely satisfied, “Woe to you if you were.” Each phase is preliminary.” In a film so central to Moretti as a person/character, the director also recalls the importance of utopia: “It there is always a need, you have to look ahead, otherwise it’s over.” And for him, who unknowingly entered the popular lexicon of Italy (“It’s not that when I write them I think that my sentences will remain anchored in the generations. As time goes by, it becomes more and more difficult for me to theorize about my career choice”). What counts are always the anecdotes, the spice of life. This is how the story at the end of the film “alla Moretti” came about: “They wrote the screenplay the final parade in the mix of circus and demonstration, all in 50’s costumes. The parade was to take place on Via dei Fori Imperiali. The producers, whom I thank, take it seriously, they block my location, we shoot a not very easy scene with people and elephants for two days, I come out happy. Time flies, I get other ideas for the graduation parade. I called Procacci because I wanted to include the other actors from Sol dell’Avvenire. “Ah, but do we have to go back there?” Domenico reacts and agrees. We queued up the scene for shooting on Monday June 21st: I call everyone and it occurred to me to say goodbye in the car. I’ll start assembling this summer. “This scene is beautiful. – I think – but why are there only these actors? Why not the actors in my other films too?” I remember Procacci. “Why don’t we include the others as well?” “Oh, exciting! But do we have to go back there?” Answer him. “Yes, I say. That’s why I’m editing the film with a lot of my former actors. I go home happy, all done, thanks again. And he calls me back: ‘Are we done?’ ‘Yes,’ I answer. Eventually I realized it was missing Julia Lazzarini. But damn, why didn’t I call Giulia Lazzarini? After two days I write a message to Procacci on my knees and ask for the possibility to integrate the ending. After a minute, I get a text from him: “I’ll admit for a moment that I fell for that!” “But it’s no joke,” I say. After 7 hours he texts me again: “Are you really not joking?” And so I started shooting again, and the others joined in too“. This is Nanni Moretti.