Nanni Moretti once again muses on the ebb and flow of life in April 1996, as he is about to become a father for the first time and finds himself unable to focus on his documentary about the upcoming general elections, where the left is heading into a rematch against Berlusconi.
Writing
Moretti's diaristic honesty is uncomfortably funny.
Direction
Blends documentary footage with staged neurosis seamlessly.
Acting
His actual newborn son steals every scene.
Director
Nanni Moretti
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during Italy's 1996 election, it captures the Italian left's last gasp before Berlusconi's media domination.
Moretti's real son Pietro was born during filming; the documentary crew became the birth camera crew.
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