Girlfriend in a Coma

Groundbreaking creative documentary starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Dante’s voice, the music of The Smiths, Phoebe Boswell’s animations and former editor of The Economist Bill Emmott, Girlfriend in a Coma has been praised by Le Monde as “a desperate love letter to Italy”. A powerful, visually arresting essay film that dissects Italy’s moral and political decline through the voices of leading Italians, it blends animation, archive, and reportage to reveal how a country once vibrant and visionary fell into paralysis and how it might awaken again.

Broadcast on BBC Four and Sky Italia.Nominated for the “Golden Globes Award”.