Girlfriend in a Coma (2012)
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.
Director: Annalisa Piras
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Bill Emmott as Self |
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Silvio Berlusconi as Self (archive footage) |
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Emma Bonino as Self |
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Mario Calabresi as Self |
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Sylvia De Fanti as Self |
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Livia Giuggioli as Self |
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John Elkann as Self |
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Giampiero Judica as Self |
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Sergio Marchionne as Self |
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Mario Monti as Self |
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Nanni Moretti as Self |
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Alessandro Riceci as Self |
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Toni Servillo as Self |
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Marco Travaglio as Self |
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Gina Nieri as Self |
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Marcello Mastroianni as Augusto Rusconi (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Anna Magnani as Maddalena Cecconi (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Sophia Loren as Mara (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Hugh Grant as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Serena Dandini as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Benedict Cumberbatch as Dante (voice) |
| Directing | Annalisa Piras | Director |
| Production | Annalisa Piras | Producer |
| Crew | Patrizio Saccò | Cinematography |
| Writing | Bill Emmott | Writer |
| Crew | Tom Hewson | Compositors |
| Editing | Silvia Biagioni | First Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Alex Harwood | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Annalisa Piras | Writer |