The French cast said all their lines in French. There were all later dubbed in Italian by different actors.
Roberto Benigni and Nicoletta Braschi who play main characters Loris and Jessica are married in real life.
Released on 22 October 1994, the film grossed over 35 billion lire, making it the highest grossing hit in the 1994/1995 season.
Il mostro (1994) was, at the time it came out, the highest-grossing film in Italy, bested later by another Roberto Benigni film, La vita è bella (1997) (Life is Beautiful).
Il mostro (1994) was, at the time it came out, the highest-grossing film in Italy, bested later by another Roberto Benigni film, La vita è bella (1997) (Life is Beautiful).
Scholars, on the other hand, see the film as attack on the "conformity" and "compulsory consumption" brought about by Silvio Berlusconi's media society within a discussion of Roberto Benigni's roots in the Commedia dell'arte and a reflection on the often repeated comparison of Benigni with Buster Keaton." Benigni has also been compared to Charles Chaplin, with the ending of Il mostro (1994) being compared to the ending of Tempi moderni (1936).