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| Directed by | Nanni Moretti |
| Written by | Nanni Moretti |
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| Cinematography | Giuseppe Lanci |
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| Music by | Ludovico Einaudi |
| Distributed by | Tandem Distribuzione |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
April (Italian:Aprile) is a 1998Italian semi-autobiographical film written and directed byNanni 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 directorClaire 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."[1]
Moretti's wife, son and mother appear as themselves.
Following the general election of 1994, won by the centre-right coalition led bySilvio Berlusconi, Moretti is encouraged by a journalist friend to make a documentary about the current political situation in Italy. Two years pass, another election is held, and Moretti has still made no progress with his documentary. He begins shooting another project, alluded to inDear Diary, a musical about a Trotskyist pastry chef set in the 1950s, but he becomes disillusioned and is distracted by his wife Silvia's pregnancy, which preoccupies him more and more. His son Pietro is born, and the centre-left coalitionUlivo wins the election. Moretti continues to try to shoot his documentary inVenice andApulia, but the film is never finished. On his 44th birthday he realises that he must stop hesitating and he finally begins shooting his musical in earnest.
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