The Caiman [videorecording]
2007
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Political satire directed by Nanni Moretti targeting Silvio Berlusconi's time as Italian Prime Minister. Bruno Bonomo (Silvio Orlando) plays a down-on-his-luck B-movie director with a crumbling marriage, who is thrown a lifeline to direct a film about the PM. Initially non-committal about the subject matter, Bonomo soon warms to his subject, imagining the film in his mind, with Berlusconi portrayed by a variety of actors including Moretti himself. Essentially a film-within-a-film, 'The Caiman' contrasts the political machinations of Italian politics with the 'real-life' events unfolding in the director's life: the break-up of his marriage and the daily struggles involved in film-making.
Main title:
The Caiman [videorecording] / producer, Angelo Barbagallo; producer, Nanni Moretti.
Author:
Moretti, Nanni, directorPiersanti, Franco, composer (expression)Orlando, Silvio, actorBuy, Margherita, actorTrinca, Jasmine, actor
Imprint:
[United Kingdom] : Optimum Home Entertainment, 2007.
Collation:
1 DVD (108 min.) : colour
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Ratio (1:1.78 (16:9) widescreen), Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Languages (Italian), Sound (Dolby Stereo), Subtitles (English), Trailers.Made in 2006.DVDN.In Italian; Closed captioning in English.
Credits:
Credits: director, Nanni Moretti; writer, Heidrun Scleef; writer, Nanni Moretti; writer, Francesco Piccoli; writer, Federica Pontremoli; music, Franco Piersanti.
Performers:
Cast: Cast: Silvio Orlando, Margherita Buy, Jasmine Trinca, Michele Placido, Antonio Luigi Grimaldi, Giuliano Montaldo, Paolo Sorrentino, Elio De Capitani, Tatti Sanguinetti, Jerzy Stuhr.
Audience:
BBFC code: 12.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
791.437
Language:
Italian
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BRN:
1401588
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