April (1998)

Original title

Aprile

Directed by

Nanni Moretti

Genre

comedy film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 18m

Rated

0

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 244 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A filmmaker struggles to make a musical comedy while dealing with Italian politics, his own artistic doubts, and the arrival of a new baby. The story follows his everyday life as he documents his family and his attempts to get a project started.

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What happens

April (Italian: Aprile) is a 1998 Italian semi-autobiographical film written and directed by Nanni Moretti. Moretti also plays 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." Moretti's wife, son and mother appear as themselves. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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