Svevo Moltrasio (born 19 December 1980) is an Italian director, actor and screenwriter.
Life and career 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).
In 2007 he directed his last I colpevoli, his last Italian short film then he moved to Paris where he shot Une famille in 2011, 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. 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, feature film director in 2023 with Gli Ospiti and then directed Smart Working in 2026.
Filmography
Film YearTitleCharacter Role(s)2023Gli ospitiDiegoProducer, director, writer and editor2025Smart workingStefanoDirector, writer and editor
Short film YearTitleCharacter Role(s)2007I colpevoliNo roleDirector, writer and editor2011Une familleGiulianoDirector, writer and editor2020Gli inettiSvevo and clonesOne man film
Web-series YearTitle EpisodesCharacter Role(s) Channel2015-2019Ritals 36+62 extrasSvevoDirector, writer and editorRitals la web-serie2019-2020Il rimpatriato6+9 film reviewSvevoDirector, writer and editorSvevo Moltrasio2022-2023Come muore in Cinema in Italia3+1 extraSvevoDirector, writer and editorSvevo Moltrasio
Commercials YearTitleEpisodesSponsor2016Il francese, una lingua vicina per andare lontano 3Institut Français2016La scommessa3Unibet2020-2021Ritals per AirFrance4+1 extraAir France
Other works Parigi senza ritorno (2017, book) Svevo Caput Mundi (2021, podcast)
Awards, honors and recognition Ritals allowed Svevo Moltrasio, Federico Iarlori and Quentin Darmon to speak in a conference on Italo-French relationship in both the Sorbonne in Paris and the Sapienza University 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.
Smart Working was shown as special event in Milan Film Festival 2026.
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