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Girlfriend in a Coma
A campaign to wake Italy up
Genres
DocumentaryHistory
Overview
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.
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Budget
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Revenue
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Runtime
0 min
Release Date
2012-11-26
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
20
Vote Average
6.875
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Bill Emmott
Self
Silvio Berlusconi
Self (archive footage)
Emma Bonino
Self
Mario Calabresi
Self
Sylvia De Fanti
Self
Livia Giuggioli
Self
John Elkann
Self
Giampiero Judica
Self
Sergio Marchionne
Self
Mario Monti
Self
Nanni Moretti
Self
Alessandro Riceci
Self
Toni Servillo
Self
Marco Travaglio
Self
Gina Nieri
Self
Marcello Mastroianni
Augusto Rusconi (archive footage) (uncredited)
Anna Magnani
Maddalena Cecconi (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sophia Loren
Mara (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hugh Grant
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Serena Dandini
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Benedict Cumberbatch
Dante (voice)
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