Moretti shot his first feature film on Super-8 for about $1,500. This humorous parody of totalitarianism is realized in the setting of an experimental theater group as Michele (Moretti), in his first screen appearance, finds himself in the grip of a marital crisis. A big hit with the Italian “cinema club” audience, the film established Moretti as Italian cinema’s enfant terrible. Commenting on the film’s character, the director confessed the motivation for this alter ego: “Michele’s obsessions, neuroses, rage, and enthusiasm are all mine, they come out of me. The only way I can reach others is by starting with myself.”