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The Caiman

2006 · 1h 52m · N/A Comedy, Drama
Directed by Nanni Moretti

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Overview

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

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All reviews
38%
Tomatometer
Fresh

[Director Moretti] wraps his political agenda with an affecting story about a fading filmmaker whose dreams and beliefs aren't weathering the storms of middle age. If the politics don't get you, the life empathy will.

Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Rotten

It's uneven.

Dave Calhoun, Time Out
Fresh

A warm family drama pops through the seams of a film within-a-film about Silvio Berlusconi.

Duane Byrge, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh

A familiarity with the vagaries of Italian politics in the last 20 years is a help, but not a necessity, to appreciate this fascinating at times farcical blend of domestic drama and political rumination.

Globe and Mail

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