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Girlfriend in a Coma (2012)

A campaign to wake Italy up

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 0M

Director : Annalisa Piras

Synopsis

Girlfriend in a Coma is a documentary that exposes the dire situation of Italian politics and the process of economic and social decline the country has suffered during the last two decades, treating the decline as a warning of what might happen elsewhere in the West. The decline has occurred amid a collapse of moral values and the victory of “Mala Italia” over “Buona Italia”. It has been lauded as being ground-breaking in its creative combination of animation, interviews and hard facts, and has caused fierce controversy in Italy.

Actors

Bill Emmott
Bill Emmott
Himself
Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi
Himself (also archive footage)
Emma Bonino
Emma Bonino
Herself
Mario Calabresi
Mario Calabresi
Himself
Sylvia De Fanti
Sylvia De Fanti
Herself
Livia Giuggioli
Livia Giuggioli
Herself
John Elkann
John Elkann
Himself
Giampiero Judica
Giampiero Judica
Himself
Sergio Marchionne
Sergio Marchionne
Himself
Mario Monti
Mario Monti
Himself
Nanni Moretti
Nanni Moretti
Himself
Alessandro Riceci
Alessandro Riceci
Himself
Toni Servillo
Toni Servillo
Himself
Marco Travaglio
Marco Travaglio
Himself
Gina Nieri
Gina Nieri
Herself
Marcello Mastroianni
Marcello Mastroianni
Augusto Rusconi (archive footage) (uncredited)
Anna Magnani
Anna Magnani
Maddalena Cecconi (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sophia Loren
Sophia Loren
Mara (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hugh Grant
Hugh Grant
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Serena Dandini
Serena Dandini
Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict Cumberbatch
Dante (Voice)

Crews

Annalisa Piras
Annalisa Piras
Director
Bill Emmott
Bill Emmott
Writer
Annalisa Piras
Annalisa Piras
Producer
Alex Harwood
Alex Harwood
Original Music Composer
Patrizio Saccò
Patrizio Saccò
Cinematography
Tom Hewson
Tom Hewson
Compositors
Silvia Biagioni
Silvia Biagioni
First Assistant Editor
Annalisa Piras
Annalisa Piras
Writer

Posters and backgrounds

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