The Caiman

2006

1h 52m

Comedy

Drama

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39%

18 Reviews

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61%

2,500+ Ratings

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Bonomo struggles to film a movie and realizes that the work is the only thing keeping him alive, as his private life collapses piece by piece, including his wife divorcing him and the bank pressing him to repay long-standing debts.

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The caiman tells the story of a young director, Teresa, who, with the help of a 70s B movies producer, wants to make a film about the caiman, former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi. The film focuses on both the producer's personal life and his working life. Although this anti-Berlusconian satire film fails to fully achieve its goal, the Italian director Nanni Moretti still succeeds in denouncing a part of Italian society.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Qui i critici dovrebbero farsi i fatti loro, sinceramente. Devi essere italiano per soffire questo film fino in fondo.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Quando questo film si sviluppa senza Moretti èun film quasi come tanti altri. Ma il cinema morettiano è Moretto-centrico e il Nanni Moretti è l'autore italiano che meglio di tutti ha saputo rappresentare con i propri film la propria personalità e il proprio pensiero. Così, quando negli ultimi dieci minuti Nanni si riappropria del film impersonando in maniera anomola un Berlusconi che viene processato come un martire dalla magistratura, grazie anche all montaggio e alle luci il film subisce un climax mozzafiato. Prima di quei dieci minuti, un cast d'eccezione con personaggi bizzarri tra i quali spicca Silvio Orlando che interpreta il regista-produttore Bruno. Un'opera sicuramente anti-berlusconi ma non solo, come alcuni spettatori un po' superficiali hanno creduto.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Un film qui, après visionnement, me semble extraordinairement formidable, un film qui s'aventure dangereusement dans la sphère politique italienne actuelle, un film qui ose par des suppositions qu'il avance quant à la supposée intégrité du premier ministre actuel Silvio Berlusconi... Wow. Le problème, c'est que je n'ai pas le bagage pour en comprendre le contenu. Résultat, j'ai passé la majorité du film à être fasciné, mais incapable de tirer un peu d'intérêt des allégations politiques que Moretti porte envers son pays. La fin est d'ailleurs formidable puisque, contrairement au reste du film, elle sort du présent pour s'aventurer dans l'avenir, ce qui risque de ne pas plaire aux adeptes de Berlusconi. Bravo Moretti pour ce film international trop hermétique. Et je suis sincère.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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not one of his best, but worth to see. Loved the fake bmovies at the beginnings.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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it didn't quite make it.. seems all the actors here are struggling to try to tell a story and actually don't tell it... looks like they were afraid the movie would be cersored..

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Margherita Buy

Paola Bonomo

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Marco Pulici

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Peter Howell

Toronto Star

[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.

Rated: 3/4

Jun 15, 2007

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Ian Johns

Times (UK)

Some moments amuse but one's left wishing that Moretti had ditched his film-within-a-film framework and made either a documentary or a domestic drama.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 7, 2007

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Muddled and messy anti-Berlusconi satire now looks even more exasperating than when I first saw it.

Rated: 1/5

Apr 7, 2007

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James Wegg

JWR

... the film-within-the film wraps, but the willful manipulation of honest citizens continues unabated.

Rated: 4.5/5

Jun 27, 2007

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Jim Slotek

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An unfocused mess of a movie that fairly throws its hands in the air in the final act, rather than chug along to a conclusion.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 15, 2007

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Anton Bitel

Projected Figures

one can only assume that it was the accumulation of Berlusconi's own indiscretions that cost him the 2006 elections rather than the muted blows of this aimlessly incoherent and over-clever satire.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jun 13, 2007

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Synopsis

Bonomo struggles to film a movie and realizes that the work is the only thing keeping him alive, as his private life collapses piece by piece, including his wife divorcing him and the bank pressing him to repay long-standing debts.

Director: Nanni Moretti
Screenwriter: Nanni Moretti, Francesco Piccolo, Federica Pontremoli
Production Co: Bac Films, Sacher Film, France 3 Cinéma
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: Italian
Runtime: 1h 52m