Italian auteur Nanni Moretti suffered a heart attack on Wednesday and is reportedly in intensive care in stable condition, according to Italian news reports.
The 71-year-old idiosyncratic director, actor and screenwriter, who won the 2001 Palme D’Or at the Cannes Film Festival for “The Son’s Room,” was rushed in the afternoon to Rome’s San Camillo hospital where he underwent surgery. Italian news agency Ansa reported that he was in stable condition.
Moretti previously suffered a mild heart attack in October last year.
Known as an acerbic moralist and social commentator, Moretti most recently competed in Cannes in
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