Comment on Cannes favorite Nanni Moretti explores loss in 'My Mother'

CANNES, France (AP) — Director Nanni Moretti is pleased to hear that some audience members came out of "Mia Madre," his new movie about a filmmaker whose mother is dying, and immediately called their own moms to say "I love you." "Every once in a while, movies do the right thing," the director said during an interview in Cannes, where the film — "My Mother" in English — is competing for the Palme d'Or top prize. The film stars Italian actress Margherita Buy as a filmmaker suffering professional and personal crisis. The bond between mother and child is a source of sadness, while that between a controlling director and a prima donna actor provides much of the movie's comedy. Buy, who also appeared in "We have a Pope" and Moretti's Silvio Berlusconi satire "The Cayman," said she enjoyed her time in the fictional director's chair.