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Director: Annalisa Piras
Cast: Bill Emmott, Silvio Berlusconi, Emma Bonino, Mario Calabresi
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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Fans of thought-provoking documentaries will appreciate the creative blend of animation, interviews, and hard facts that Annalisa Piras uses to expose the alarming decline of Italy's political and moral values in this 2012 film. The deep dive into the country's social and economic struggles serves as a cautionary tale for the West.
Girlfriend in a Coma is a documentary about Italian and western decline directed, produced and co-written by Annalisa Piras, journalist and film-maker, co-written and narrated by Bill Emmott, former editor-in-chief of The Economist. 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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