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Svevo Moltrasio (born 19 December 1980) is an Italian director, actor and screenwriter.
Life and career
[edit]Born in Rome, Svevo graduated in Cinema from the Roma Tre University with a thesis on Clint Eastwood, started writing as film critic for several university magazine and website before debuted as writer, actor and editor on Ieri, oggi e dopodomani (2002, short film).[1]
In 2007 he directed his last I colpevoli, his last Italian short film[2] then he moved to Paris where he shot Une famille in 2011,[3] his only French shot film, before move away completely from his artistic life. Working in a call centre, Svevo met Federico Iarlori, an Italian expat that want be an actor, that pushed him to create a new story.[4] This new project evolved in a comedic webseries on a couple of Italians that left their country for Paris and realize how the life abroad is still hard.
The success of Ritals (2015-2019) gave Svevo Moltrasio the possibility to write for La Repubblica and Le Figaro, a book of his own experience and moved back to Rome in 2019, debuting as DAM Cinema teacher,[5] feature film director in 2023 with Gli Ospiti and then directed Smart Working in 2026.[6]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Character | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Gli ospiti | Diego | Producer, director, writer and editor |
| 2025 | Smart working | Stefano | Director, writer and editor |
Short film
[edit]| Year | Title | Character | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | I colpevoli | No role | Director, writer and editor |
| 2011 | Une famille | Giuliano | Director, writer and editor |
| 2020 | Gli inetti | Svevo and clones | One man film[7] |
Web-series
[edit]| Year | Title | Episodes | Character | Role(s) | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-2019 | Ritals | 36+62 extras | Svevo | Director, writer and editor | Ritals la web-serie[8] |
| 2019-2020 | Il rimpatriato | 6+9 film review | Svevo | Director, writer and editor | Svevo Moltrasio[9] |
| 2022-2023 | Come muore in Cinema in Italia | 3+1 extra | Svevo | Director, writer and editor | Svevo Moltrasio[10] |
| Year | Title | Episodes | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Il francese, una lingua vicina per andare lontano | 3 | Institut Français |
| 2016 | La scommessa | 3 | Unibet |
| 2020-2021 | Ritals per AirFrance | 4+1 extra | Air France |
Other works
[edit]Awards, honors and recognition
[edit]Ritals allowed Svevo Moltrasio, Federico Iarlori and Quentin Darmon to speak in a conference on Italo-French relationship in both the Sorbonne[15] in Paris and the Sapienza University[16] in Rome.
Gli Ospiti was selected in 8 festival including the Catania Film Festival 2023 and Sudestival 2024, where the composer Luca Gaigher won the Silver CD Award for the music.[17]
Smart Working was shown as special event in Milan Film Festival 2026.[18]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Svevo Moltrasio e il suo ultimo video virale "Non potevo nascere in un altro paese?"". Il Giornale Di Pantelleria. March 21, 2020.
- ↑ "I Colpevoli". YouTube.
- ↑ "Une famille". YouTube.
- ↑ "Una chiacchierata con i Ritals". YouTube.
- ↑ "DAM Academy Svevo Moltrasio". DAM Academy.
- ↑ "Filmitalia Svevo Moltrasio". Filmitalia.org.
- ↑ "GLI INETTI - un film di Svevo Moltrasio". YouTube.
- ↑ "Ritals la webserie". YouTube.
- ↑ "Svevo Moltrasio". YouTube.
- ↑ "Chiacchiere di Cinema". YouTube.
- ↑ "Spot & commercials". YouTube.
- ↑ "Ritals x Air France". YouTube.
- ↑ "Intervista a Svevo Moltrasio "Parigi senza ritorno"". Culturificio.
- ↑ "SVEVO CAPUT MUNDI". YouTube Music.
- ↑ "Ritals à la Sorbonne (en français)". YouTube.
- ↑ "Ritals alla Sapienza". YouTube.
- ↑ "Gli Ospiti (2023), di Svevo Moltrasio". Cinemaitaliano.info.
- ↑ "Smart Working – Proiezione e Incontro". Milano Film Fest.