The Caiman (2006)
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
Director:
Nanni Moretti
Writers:
Nanni Moretti, Francesco Piccolo, Federica Pontremoli.
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Silvio Orlando as Bruno Bonomo |
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Margherita Buy as Paola Bonomo |
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Jasmine Trinca as Teresa |
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Michele Placido as Marco Pulici |
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Antonello Grimaldi as Direttore di produzione |
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Elio De Capitani as Silvio Berlusconi |
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Paolo Sorrentino as il marito di Aidra in "Cataratte" |
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Paolo Virzì as dirigente Maoista in "Cataratte" |
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Giuliano Montaldo as Franco Caspio |
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Tatti Sanguineti as Beppe Savonese, critico cinematografico |
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Toni Bertorelli as Indro Montanelli |
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Lucia Aricò as Marika la sceneggiatrice |
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Nanni Moretti as Nanni Moretti / Silvio Berlusconi |
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Jerzy Stuhr as Jerzy Sturovsky, produttore polacco |
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Matteo Garrone as direttore della fotografia |
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Luisa De Santis as Marisa, segretaria di Bonomo |
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Anna Bonaiuto as Ilda Boccassini |
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Valerio Mastandrea as Cesari, capitano della Guardia di Finanza |
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Antonio Catania as dirigente Rai |
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Sofia Vigliar as baby-sitter |
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Cecilia Dazzi as Luisa |
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Carlo Mazzacurati as cameriere |
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Antonio Petrocelli as avvocato del caimano |
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Dario Cantarelli as Critico gastronomico |
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Mimmo Mancini as allenatore |
| Directing | Nanni Moretti | Director |
| Camera | Arnaldo Catinari | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Marta Billingsley | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Andrea Caucci | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Franco Piersanti | Music |
| Production | Angelo Barbagallo | Producer |
| Art | Giancarlo Basili | Production Design |
| Production | Nanni Moretti | Producer |
| Editing | Esmeralda Calabria | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lina Nerli Taviani | Costume Design |
| Writing | Nanni Moretti | Story |
| Writing | Heidrun Schleef | Story |
| Writing | Nanni Moretti | Screenplay |
| Writing | Francesco Piccolo | Screenplay |
| Writing | Federica Pontremoli | Screenplay |
| Directing | Loredana Conte | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Gianfranco Barbagallo | Line Producer |
| Sound | Alessandro Zanon | Production Sound Mixer |
| Production | Stefano Benappi | Production Manager |