Diary of a Maniac (1993)

5.5/10 • 94 min • Drama

Overview

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

Jerry Calà

Benito Balducci

Sabrina Ferilli

Valentino Macchi

Chiominto

Piero Nicosia

Luigia's Cousin

Cinzia Monreale

Lucianna De Falco

Angela Riccardi

Anna Duska Bisconti

Flower Woman at Cinema

Manuela Arcuri

Girl in Hospital Park (uncredited)

Jessica Rizzo

Stripper Looking like Francesca Dellera (uncredited)

Bedy Moratti

Lady on Stairs

Bruno Romagnoli

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