Nanni Moretti's Aprile is a first person account of his experiences as chronicled in his diary from the day his wife announces her pregnancy. His delight at the news is soon supplanted by terrible fears of not being up to fatherhood or taking care of the future mother, not to mention a general panic at the thought of attending the birth itself. Family, work and politics mingle in a charming light-hearted tale, equally blessed with generous amounts of introspection, irony and humour. Moretti's most personal film to date.