Berlinguer, I Love You Berlinguer, I Love You Berlinguer ti voglio bene (internationally released as Berlinguer, I Love You) is a 1977 Italian comedy film written and directed by Giuseppe Bertolucci. It is the debut film of both Bertolucci and Roberto Benigni. It is based on the stage play "Cioni Mario di Gaspare fu Giulia", that the same Bertolucci wrote and directed in 1975 and in which Benigni played the character of Mario Cioni, a character he later resumed in the variety television "Onda libera". The title quotes Cioni's declaration of love for Enrico Berlinguer, then leader of the Italian Communist Party. Mario is
I Love You, Apple, I Love You, Orange attitude toward production was shaped in part by the Dogme 95 movement. Kim worked on the film while managing a full-time job. Inspiration for "I Love You, Apple, I Love You, Orange" was drawn from a variety of sources including, Mark Haddon's novel "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time", Kristen Kosmas's play "The Mayor of Baltimore", and the films "The Hole", "What Time Is It There?", "Alice", "The Sweet Hereafter", "Punch-Drunk Love", and "Brief Encounter". Real foods were used as stop-animated characters. A single ham, playing a major role, was used during the entire year and a