Girlfriend in a Coma

Nov 26, 2012

1h 39m

★ 6.9

A campaign to wake Italy up

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.

Genres

Documentary

History

Production Companies

Springshot Productions

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Cast

Self

Bill Emmott

Self (archive footage)

Silvio Berlusconi

Self

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

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