Dear Diary

Nov 12, 1993

1h 41m

★ 7.3

Overview

Nanni Moretti recalls in his diary three slice of life stories characterized by a sharply ironic look: in the first one he wanders through a deserted Rome, in the second he visits a reclusive friend on an island, and in the last he has to grapple with an unknown illness.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Sacher Film

Banfilm

La Sept Cinéma

Le Studio Canal+

RAI

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Cast

Nanni Moretti

Gerardo

Renato Carpentieri

Mayor of Stromboli

Antonio Neiwiller

Second couple #1

Claudia Della Seta

Second couple #2

Lorenzo Alessandri

First couple #1

Raffaella Lebboroni

First couple #2

Marco Paolini

Lucio

Moni Ovadia

Resident of Alicudi

Riccardo Zinna

Self

Jennifer Beals

Self

Alexandre Rockwell

Resident of Panarea

Conchita Airoldi

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5.8

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5.8

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5.8

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5.7

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5.7

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0.0

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6.6

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0.0

Tomorrow

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0.0

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8.0

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5.6

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5.0

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5.5

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7.5

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5.5

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