Diary of a Maniac

1h 34m

5.3

In this stylish and offbeat black comedy, Benito ( Jerry Calà) keeps a diary of his sexual fantasies and cravings. As a result of his on-again, off-again relationship with the beautiful and insatiable Luigia (Sabrina Ferilli), his thoughts along these lines have grown increasingly bizarre. For his own part, he is driven to pick up and bed women at almost every opportunity. As the fantasies recorded in his diary consume more and more of his life, and grow darker and darker, his ordinary waking life becomes flatter and duller, until he disappears altogether.

Cast

Benito Balducci

Sabrina Ferilli

Valentino Macchi

Laetitia Laneri

Marisa, prostituta incinta

Il poliziotto cugino di Luigia

Cinzia Monreale

La ragazza della neve

Lucianna De Falco

Angela Riccardi

Anna Duska Bisconti

Donna col fiore davanti al cinema

Girl in the hospital park (uncredited)

Stripper who looks like Francesca Dellera (uncredited)

Doriana Bianchi

Giovanna, la giornalaia

Madre di Benito

Sorella di Benito

Signora sulle scale

Michele Margaritta

Carlo direttore del 'Palladium'

Danzatrice nella prima pensione

Paola Lucentini

Ragazza del sogno in abito da sposa

Bruno Romagnoli

Antonella Nafra

Ragazza con la foto

Ragazzina di 'Vorrei che fosse amore'

Spogliarellista

Ragazza sul tram

Imbianchino col flauto

Spot girl (uncredited)

Crew

Director, Writer

Ruggero Mastroianni

Vittorio Alliata

Fulvio Lucisano

Tommaso Bordone

Production Design, Art Direction

Nicoletta Ercole

Giuseppe Muratori