Alberto Moravia
Biography
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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.
As Director
Filmography
Love Meetings
as Self - Writer 1965
Savage Man Savage Beast
as Narrator (voice) 1975
Umano non umano
as Self 1969
Whoever Says the Truth Shall Die
as Self - writer 1981
Io sono nata viaggiando
as Self (archive footage) 2013
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
as Self 1984
Pier Paolo Pasolini: A Film Maker's Life
as Self 1971
Cinéma et Réalité
as Self 1967
Monastero di Santa Chiara
as Self 1949
The Olympian
as Self 1969
Suffocating Heat
1991
Alcune Afriche
as Self 1975