Caro diario (1993)

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:

Referenced in Pranzo di ferragosto (2008)

Soundtrack:

Didi

Why do I like this film so much?

Yes it is cute and Woody Allenish but there is something more. It is a movie about an ordinary man, who enjoys doing quiet things by himself such as riding around Rome on his Vespa and walking by himself, he is not a hero he's anyone. The music is really good and I managed to find it all on Napster and other sources. Notice some themes such as the Soccer(football) nets (goals) and the scene where he watches the nun on tv, that same scene is in Cinema Paradiso! I like World music so the scene of the band playing for the dancers is great-who is that group...what is the song? I didn't like the interposed parts showing Henri the serial killer or the Italian movie and I thought the last story was a bit boring- notice on the scene where he is looking for Passolini's murder spot how he just doubles back on himself.

I could go on talking about this film and it comes in as one of my five best Cinema Paradiso, Unbearable Lightness of Being, Manhattan, and The Year of Living Dangerously.