---
title: 'Fellini: I''m a Born Liar (2002)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Damian Pettigrew'
released: '2002-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/fellini-im-a-born-liar-2002'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314062/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Fellini: I'm a Born Liar (2002)

2002 · 105 min · Documentary · United Kingdom, France, Italy

Original title: Federico Fellini: Sono un gran bugiardo

## Synopsis

Fellini: I'm a Born Liar is a 2002 French documentary film written and directed by Damian Pettigrew. Based on Federico Fellini's last confessions filmed by Pettigrew in Rome in 1991 and 1992, the film eschews straightforward biography to highlight the Italian director's unorthodox working methods, conscience, and philosophy.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Damian Pettigrew](https://cinepixo.com/people/damian-pettigrew)
- **Screenplay:** [Damian Pettigrew](https://cinepixo.com/people/damian-pettigrew), [Olivier Gal](https://cinepixo.com/people/olivier-gal)
- **Producer:** [Olivier Gal](https://cinepixo.com/people/olivier-gal)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Nino Rota](https://cinepixo.com/people/nino-rota)
- **Director of Photography:** [Paco Wiser](https://cinepixo.com/people/paco-wiser)
- **Editor:** [Florence Ricard](https://cinepixo.com/people/florence-ricard)

## Cast

- [Italo Calvino](https://cinepixo.com/people/italo-calvino)
- [Federico Fellini](https://cinepixo.com/people/federico-fellini)
- [Donald Sutherland](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-sutherland)
- [Rinaldo Geleng](https://cinepixo.com/people/rinaldo-geleng)
- [Dante Ferretti](https://cinepixo.com/people/dante-ferretti)
- [Tullio Pinelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/tullio-pinelli)
- [Giuseppe Rotunno](https://cinepixo.com/people/giuseppe-rotunno)
- [Daniel Toscan du Plantier](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-toscan-du-plantier)
- [Roberto Benigni](https://cinepixo.com/people/roberto-benigni)
- [Terence Stamp](https://cinepixo.com/people/terence-stamp)
- [Luigi Benzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/luigi-benzi)

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