Marco Bellocchio's Esterno Notte
(External Night) is the film to have received most nominations
for the 68th David di Donatello cinema awards, Italy's version
of the Oscars, with 18 nods.
The movie is about the kidnapping of former Italian premier and
Christian Democracy bigwig Aldo Moro, who was murdered by Red
Brigades terrorists in 1978 after being held captive for 55
days.
It is Bellocchio's second film about the Moro kidnapping after
the moving 2003 picture Buongiorno, Notte (Good Morning, Night).
Roberto Andò's La Stranezza (The Strangeness) and Le Otto
Montagne (The Eight Mountains) by Felix Van Groeningen and
Charlotte Vandermeersh both got 14 nominations.
Gianni Amelio's Il Signore delle Formiche (The Lord of the Ants)
won 11 nominations.
The awards ceremony takes place on May 10.
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