Caro diario (1993)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Nanni Moretti

Writer:

Nanni Moretti (writer)

Release Date:

30 September 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Nani Moretti directs himself playing himself in this wry look at life. Presented in three chapters,...

Plot Keywords:

Doctor | Island | Cult Movie | Diary | Movie Theater

Awards:

7 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Nanni Moretti	...	Himself
Giovanna Bozzolo	...	Actor in Italian Film
Sebastiano Nardone	...	Actor in Italian Film
Antonio Petrocelli	...	Actor in Italian Film
Giulio Base	...	Car Driver
Italo Spinelli	...	On the Wall at Spinaceto
Carlo Mazzacurati	...	Film Critic
Jennifer Beals	...	Herself
Alexandre Rockwell	...	Himself
Renato Carpentieri	...	Gerardo
Raffaella Lebboroni	...	First Salina Couple
Marco Paolini	...	First Salina Couple
Claudia Della Seta	...	Second Salina Couple
Lorenzo Alessandri	...	Second Salina Couple
Antonio Neiwiller	...	The Mayor of Stromboli

Also Known As:

Dear Diary
Journal intime (France)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Italian | English | Mandarin

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M | Italy:T | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | South Korea:12 | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Lipari Island, Aeolian Islands, Messina, Sicily, Italy

Company:

Banfilm

Movie Connections:

Features Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)

Soundtrack:

The Köln Concert

Caro diario, a little undiscovered gem of a movie, maybe a bit artsy, but never pretentious or boring.

Caro diario (dear journal), is a little undiscovered gem of a movie, maybe a bit artsy, but never pretentious or boring. The main character is Nanni Moretti, the director, played by himself. Using a very original narrative, sometimes giving the impression you're watching a documentary only to be surprised when Nanni continues what the off-voice was saying to a guy in a convertible, it is an observation of different (and random) aspects of today's Italian society. In the first part Nanni rides around Rome on his vespa, alternating monologues commenting whatever's in sight with long cinematic scenes where the images and music ooze a mood that says all, the most memorable example of this being the visit to the beach where Passolini got murdered. In the second and most hilarious part he and a friend visit several Italian islands in search of peace and quiet. This part contains some Woody Allen-esque observations on human nature, tough comparing Moretti with Woody Allen would be underrating him, as making an island impossible to live on because it only consists of couples with a single child and illustrating it in such a witty manner seems far out of Allen's reach. The third part is Moretti's quest for a cure for his skin disease, taking him from doctor to homeopath to dermatologist and back. This seamed the lesser of the three parts, yet still very entertaining and funny tough somehow an anti-climatic ending to a great movie. And a great movie it is, certainly considering the director's favourite flic is 'Flashdance'.