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Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #46. Nanni Moretti’s Mia Madre

Published on January 7, 2015

Mia Madre

Director: Nanni Moretti // Writers: Nanni Moretti, Francesco Piccolo, Valia Santella

After winning the Palme d’Or in 2001 for The Son’s Room, Italian director Nanni Moretti has only made two films since, 2006’s The Caiman and 2011’s We Have a Pope. He presided over the Cannes Jury in 2012, and is finally back in 2015 with his latest title, Mia Madre, stars John Turturro and reunites Moretti with regular collaborator, actress Margherita Buy, who will be the film’s main protagonist this time around. The film will relate the tragicomic mishaps of a committed filmmaker who is going through a personal and professional crisis.

Cast: John Turturro, Margherita Buy, Nanni Moretti

Production Co.: Arte France Cinema, Le Pacte, Films Boutique, Fandango, Sacher Film.

U.S. Distributor: Rights Available.

Release Date: Considering he’s competed six times at Cannes, we’re sure to see this be announced as part of this year’s main competition line-up, though Moretti sometimes premieres domestically shortly before the festival.

Related Topics:John Turturro, Margherita Buy, Nanni Moretti, Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015, top-stories

Nicholas Bell

Los Angeles based Nicholas Bell is IONCINEMA.com's Chief Film Critic and covers film festivals such as Sundance, Berlin, Cannes and TIFF. He is part of the critic groups on Rotten Tomatoes, The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) and GALECA. His top 3 for 2021: France (Bruno Dumont), Passing (Rebecca Hall) and Nightmare Alley (Guillermo Del Toro). He was a jury member at the 2019 Cleveland International Film Festival.