Caro Diario

In the form of a cinematic diary, Nanni Moretti develops very personal thoughts in three chapters on the interrelationships between society and the individual, on cinema and television, on the small and larger “miracles” of life and survival. His Vespa ride through the suburbs of Rome, his search for peace and quiet on the Aeolian Islands, and finally his tragicomic confrontation with his illness and the attempts at medical treatment take the form of a contemporary odyssey that is as playful as it is light-hearted, characterized by amiable sensuality and intelligent wit. In CARO DIARIO, Nanni Moretti looks back on Italy in the 1990s and on himself: as a filmmaker, citizen, and human being. The film is at once a travel diary, a self-portrait, and a political commentary. With sharp humor and poetic lightness, Moretti tells of freedom, illness, cinema, and the contradictions of modern life. The film was released in 1993 and premiered at the Cannes International Film Festival, where Nanni Moretti received the award for Best Director. The work also won the David di Donatello for Best Film and Best Screenplay and was shown at festivals in Toronto, New York, and Venice. The film is one of Moretti's most important works and marks a turning point in his career: between autobiographical openness and political observation, he has succeeded in creating a work of universal resonance. With its clear visual language, ironic distance, and warm humanity, CARO DIARIO became one of the defining European films of the 1990s—a masterpiece of personal cinema that has lost none of its relevance to this day.