Bruno Bonomo was a famous producer of B-movies in the ‘70s. After a long hiatus, Bonomo offers a screenplay to RAI centered on the figure of Italy’s prime minister and media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi, a subject so controversial that even the public television broadcaster refuses to produce it
Direction
Moretti weaponizing self-deprecation against actual political evil.
Acting
Silvio Orlando's magnificent flop sweat as dignity evaporates.
Writing
Script-within-script layers that bite the hand funding them.
Director
Nanni Moretti
Silvio Orlando
Bruno Bonomo
Margherita Buy
Paola Bonomo
Jasmine Trinca
Teresa
Michele Placido
Marco Pulici
Antonello Grimaldi
Direttore di produzione
Elio De Capitani
Silvio Berlusconi
Paolo Sorrentino
il marito di Aidra in "Cataratte"
Paolo Virzì
dirigente Maoista in "Cataratte"
Giuliano Montaldo
Franco Caspio
Tatti Sanguineti
Beppe Savonese, critico cinematografico
Toni Bertorelli
Indro Montanelli
Nanni Moretti
Nanni Moretti / Silvio Berlusconi
Jerzy Stuhr
Jerzy Sturovsky, produttore polacco
Matteo Garrone
direttore della fotografia
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Moretti released this in 2006, months before Berlusconi's actual political comeback. The film's failure to stop anything is part of its tragic punchline.
The 'caiman' title refers to both a cheap exploitation film and Berlusconi himself—cold-blooded, ancient, surviving everything.
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