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Director:
Roberto Benigni
Writers:
Roberto Benigni (writer)
Michel Blanc (writer)
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Release Date:
19 April 1996 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
A vicious serial sex killer is on the loose, and landscape gardener and shop-window outfitter Loris is the prime suspect... more | add synopsis
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Best. Gay. Week. Ever. (April 10, 2009)
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Also Known As:
Le monstre (France)
The Monster (USA)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language and some sexual humor.
Runtime:
112 min
Country:
Italy | France
Language:
Italian
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Filming Locations:
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Company:
IRIS Films more

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Benigni's funniest movie, 26 February 2001
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Author: maitreg (maitreg@maitreg.com) from Minnesota

This is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. Benigni is a genius when it comes to comedy, the modern Charlie Chaplain. After `Life is Beautiful', this is probably his best movie.

A sex-crazed serial killer is on the loose and has already killed a dozen women. When the goofy Loris (Benigni) is mistaken for the killer and the local police launch a 24-hour surveillance of his crazy life, the laughs begin and never end. Benigni's real-life wife, Nicoletta Braschi, also in `Life is Beautiful', stars in this one as well as a police officer who goes undercover to catch him in the act. She sublets (illegally) his apartment and movies in with him to try to entice him into his sexual psychosis. When normal life fails, she then must dance around the apartment naked shoving her genitalia right into his face.

It's a little on the edge, but in the tradition of Benigni comedy, is still quite tasteful. 17 and over only though. Sexually explicit scenes all over the place, but no nudity.

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