i have never see a nanni moretti movie previously and i be pretty curious since he be the kind of respected author among the european critic . actually a bit more than respect and quite frankly a critic darling . know this i could fear a self indulgent movie with little creativity and a bunch of private joke for the gallery and but i be open mind and ready to be charm by the story of a delightful raconteur . unfortunately this movie be a mess and depict a bland movie producer at a loss with his professional and private life . this alone could have be the subject of a good and even very good movie ( fellini could have shoot this with gusto and the necessary grandeur to make u love a pitiful character ) but moretti and maybe feeling he be on a mission to tilt on the intellectual or political side of italian cinema and want to add an inconsistent background story about the project of a berlusconi biopic . this background which be suppose to be the main focus of the story never blend in with the personal story of the main character . be there a parallel between the mid life crisis of bruno bonomo and the political vacuum that bring berlusconi to power in italy . nope and we never feel something of that kind . bruno bonomo be at a loss and maybe he want to assert himself and then the berlusconi biopic project land in his life where it doesn not belong but it be very difficult to understand why he would be interested at first since he doesn not realize what the project be about . then he be stick with it and would not back away which only far isolate this weakened character . with this big mess of a plot you have get long minute to get bored and wait for the movie to get set on a precise track . and beyond this chore trouble moretti directing be not worth more than a tv stint and his vignette about bonomo z movie be painfully ridiculous represent self indulgent and have nothing to do there except reassure moretti that he do shoot a movie . almodovar do this kind of z movie joke decade ago because he start his career shoot those cheap yet energetic movie on his way to polish his skill a a wonderful director with lovely story to tell . almodovar doesn not even need to be brand an author and he prove it every time and even when his movie be not on a par with his best work . i do not know what be suppose to be moretti best work but with what he fail to prove here i be not too eager to get my eye on it . ps about berlusconi represent maybe i be expect more of a fierce political story and it a shame that and while brag it be one and il caimano back story could have be about the private affair of some italian soccer star without change the main story . moretti could have be brave and have shoot a movie about berlusconi when he be elect head of the italian government year before . or even ten year ago when he be already il cavaliere rid through italy the way he like . now this movie be not convince at discuss the difficulty to make a movie about berlusconi and let alone be a movie that deal with berlusconi obscure connection or about his rise to power a a demagogue opportunist .