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Dear Diary

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Filmmaker Nanni Moretti (Nanni Moretti) goes on three disparate journeys. First, he rides through Rome on a scooter, musing on cinema, and has a chance encounter with actress Jennifer Beals (Jennifer Beals). Next, he and his friend, Gerardo (Renato Carpentieri), tour a number of islands searching for a peaceful place to write a screenplay. And finally, Moretti, hampered by a nagging skin rash, goes from doctor to doctor looking for the right diagnosis, which may or may not turn out to be severe.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader 06/06/2022
3/4
What ties all this material together is the force and humor of Moretti's eclectic personality. Go to Full Review Diego Semerene Slant Magazine 05/12/2020
3.5/4
In the film, the matter of cinema is the process of creativity, arduous and unrealized, as it ebbs and flows. Go to Full Review Richard Brody The New Yorker 05/12/2020
This light-toned but thematically substantial autofiction is organized like a sequence of diary entries brought to life with Moretti's wryly confessional voice-overs. Go to Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy 09/12/2020
2.5/4
The two first segments house some charming interludes amidst the meandering framework but the final segment largely falls flat despite being the most weighty section. Go to Full Review Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid 09/12/2020
3.5/4
Generally strikes a cross between deadpan and absurd; most of it is stuff that would likely never happen, but Moretti captures it all with straight-faced seriousness. Go to Full Review David Bax Battleship Pretension 05/31/2020
Caro diario is as much a guided tour of Italy as it is of a man's minor midlife crisis. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Nanni Moretti

Director

Nanni Moretti

Self

Renato Carpentieri

Gerardo

Antonio Neiwiller

The Mayor of Stromboli

Carlo Mazzacurati

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Jennifer Beals

Self

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Movie Info

Synopsis Filmmaker Nanni Moretti (Nanni Moretti) goes on three disparate journeys. First, he rides through Rome on a scooter, musing on cinema, and has a chance encounter with actress Jennifer Beals (Jennifer Beals). Next, he and his friend, Gerardo (Renato Carpentieri), tour a number of islands searching for a peaceful place to write a screenplay. And finally, Moretti, hampered by a nagging skin rash, goes from doctor to doctor looking for the right diagnosis, which may or may not turn out to be severe.
Director
Nanni Moretti
Producer
Nella Banfi, Angelo Barbagallo, Nanni Moretti
Screenwriter
Nanni Moretti
Distributor
Fine Line Features
Production Co
Le Studio Canal +, Banfilm, La Sept Cinema, Sacher Film, RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana
Genre
Biography, Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 30, 1994, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$445.2K
Runtime
1h 40m
Sound Mix
Dolby, Stereo