The Caiman
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| Directed by | Nanni Moretti |
| Produced by | Angelo Barbagallo |
| Written by | Nanni Moretti Heindrun Schleef Federica Pontremoli Francesco Piccolo |
| Starring |
Silvio Orlando Margherita Buy Jasmine Trinca Michele Placido Giuliano Montaldo Nanni Moretti |
| Music by | Franco Piersanti |
| Cinematography | Arnaldo Catinari |
| Distributed by | Sacher Film |
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Release date
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2006 |
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Running time
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112 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
The Caiman (Italian: Il caimano, referring to the caiman) is a 2006 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Nanni Moretti and starring Silvio Orlando and Margherita Buy. Focusing on Silvio Berlusconi's vicissitudes, it was released just before the beginning of the 2006 elections, in which Berlusconi lost. It was one of the most successful films of 2006 in Italy. It was entered into the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.
Opening with a wedding between two young Communists, officiated by a CP functionary, under the poster of Mao-Tse Tung, the bride suddenly spears the man and escapes, chased by the police. This is the end of 'Cataratte'/'Cataracts', a 10-year-old action B-movie projected in an open-air cinema in honor of Bruno Bonomo (Silvio Orlando), a cockeyed film producer, who did some trash movies starring his wife Paola (Margherita Buy) in the 1970s. He also has two young sons loved by him and his wife. During this homage, a young woman presents him the script of a movie she wants to direct with his help.
Slated to start on a project celebrating the return voyage of Columbus just after his discovery of America, Bruno is stunned when his director, Franco Caspio, quits because of the low budget. Suddenly Bruno has no projects, no financing and no leverage.
Added to his many troubles, Bruno's wife asks for a separation even though they have two sons. She wants to pursue her artistic options.
Bruno reads the offered script and realizes that it's a thinly disguised account of Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian media magnate who promoted his political career through his TV stations. Knowing this could draw political and legal heat, not to mention difficulty for finding funding; but the young woman convinces Bruno to start production on The Caiman. The film shows how secret money, slush funds and Swiss bank accounts start Il Caimano's career as a big building developer. She hopes that the film will influence voters in the elections slated for 2006.
Starting to fall in love with the writer, Bruno meets her lesbian partner and her son 'made' in a 'journey' to the Netherlands.
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