La Sconfitta
Nanni Moretti
Rome, two young people talk about politics, activism and the scenario that awaits them in the longed for passage from capitalism to socialism. One of them raises doubts, the other, full of certainty, proposes answers. In the streets, there is a big demonstration by metal workers, their claims and the desire for changes take the streets by storm...
With : Nanni Moretti, Luca Codignola, Guido Ambrosino, Maurizio Flores D'Arcais, Serge Tiroli, Emanuele Gerratana, Franco Moretti, Luigi Moretti, Paola Sposini
Screenplay : Nanni Moretti
Screenplay : Nanni Moretti
Production : Nanni Moretti
Distribution: Sacher Film
Distribution: Sacher Film
In La sconfitta, the documentary aesthetic and the formal experimentation run hand in hand. With his Super8 camera Moretti explores the many possibilities of cinematographic language. He looks into, for instance, the way in which the contrasts between the sound and the image can engender a discourse. Technically a little clumsy, the whole is very spontaneous and already bears witness to ideas that will inhabit the director throughout his career. Moretti looks mockingly and humorously at questions as serious as communism and capitalism. Concerning the origin of the title, Moretti explained that "For La sconfitta (The Defeat), it is fairly clear: I thought about the existential political defeat of the protagonist. It is the stor of a crisis. Even if the treatment is ironic."