Alberto Moravia

Born: 1907-11-28

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alberto Moravia (Italian pronunciation: [alˈbɛrto moˈraːvja]; November 28, 1907 – September 26, 1990), born Alberto Pincherle, was an Italian novelist and journalist. His novels explored matters of modern sexuality, social alienation and existentialism. Moravia is best known for his debut novel Gli indifferenti (1929) and for the anti-fascist novel Il Conformista (The Conformist), the basis for the film The Conformist (1970) directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. Other novels of his adapted for the cinema are Agostino, filmed with the same title by Mauro Bolognini in 1962; Il disprezzo (A Ghost at Noon or Contempt), filmed by Jean-Luc Godard as Le Mépris (Contempt 1963); La Noia (Boredom), filmed with that title by Damiano Damiani in 1963 and released in the US as The Empty Canvas in 1964 and La ciociara, filmed by Vittorio de Sica as Two Women (1960). Cedric Kahn's L'Ennui (1998) is another version of La Noia.


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Love Meetings

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Released: 1965-07-05

Pier Paolo Pasolini sets out to interview Italians about sex, apparently their least favorite...

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Pier Paolo Pasolini: A Film Maker's Life

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Released: 1971-06-01

Documentary about Italian movie director Pier Paolo Pasolini, with interviews with some of his...

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Savage Man Savage Beast

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Released: 1975-10-23

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Suffocating Heat

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Released: 1991-08-26

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Cinéma et Réalité

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Released: 1967-01-01

In this documentary, giants of italian cinema such as Rossellini, De Sica, Fellini and Zavattini...

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Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer

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Released: 1984-09-08

A film of Enrico Berlinguer's funeral in Rome, briefly tracing his career as leader of the...

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Monastero di Santa Chiara

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Released: 1949-03-19

Rudolf a nazi officer falls in love with Ester a jewish singer and tries to save her from...

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Umano Non Umano

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Released: 1969-05-07

Artists and poets meet in a dreamlike space between walks and performances.

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The Olympian

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Released: 1969-01-01

Portrait of novelist Alberto Moravia filmed in Rome.

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Second Look: Fellini

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Released: 1960-01-01

A four-part documentary series about the Italian director Federico Fellini. Episode 1: His...

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Whoever Says the Truth Shall Die

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Released: 1981-02-28

Philo Bregstein tells us this film looks at Pasolini's life and art to explain why he died. The...

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Apostrophes

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First aired: 1975-01-10

Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and...

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