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Cannes Winner Moretti Lauded Throughout Italy
22 May 2001
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Italy has fallen over itself to welcome back its new favourite son - Cannes film festival winner Nanni Moretti. Moretti, 57, won the Palme D'Or at the 54th Cannes festival on Sunday for The Son's Room, a tragic story of a family torn apart by the death of a child. "Nanni Moretti has won, Italian cinema has won", declared a front-page editorial in Rome daily La Republica. "It is a victory for all those in Italy who share Moretti's love for culture, intelligence, zeal and intellectual honesty." It is the first time Italy has won the coveted prize in 23 years, since it saw back-to-back victories with Padre Padrone and The Tree Of Wooden Clogs in 1977 and 1978. "Long live Moretti," announced Milan's Corriere Della Sera. "Simplicity and profundity, sincerity and artistic maturity are what have made The Son's Room a point of reference in modern cinematography," wrote one of Italy's foremost film critics Tullio Kezich, on the front page of Corriere. "This is resounding confirmation that the big screen can be a mirror on life, touching everyone's conscience."
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