Alberto Moravia

Biography

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.

Known For

Love Meetings

as Self - Writer

Savage Man Savage Beast

as Narrator (voice)

Umano non umano

as Self

Whoever Says the Truth Shall Die

as Self - writer

Io sono nata viaggiando

as Self (archive footage)

Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer

as Self

Pier Paolo Pasolini: A Film Maker's Life

as Self

Apostrophes

as Self

Cinéma et Réalité

as Self

Monastero di Santa Chiara

as Self