Il divo (2008)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Paolo Sorrentino

Writer:

Paolo Sorrentino (writer)

Release Date:

28 May 2008 (Italy)

Genre:

Biography | Drama

Plot:

The story of Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti, who has been elected to Parliament seven times since is was established in 1946. |

Plot Keywords:

Italy | Parliament | Controversial | Priest | Murderer

Awards:

14 wins & 19 nominations

Cast

Toni Servillo	...	Giulio Andreotti
Anna Bonaiuto	...	Livia Danese
Giulio Bosetti	...	Eugenio Scalfari
Flavio Bucci	...	Franco Evangelisti
Carlo Buccirosso	...	Paolo Cirino Pomicino
Giorgio Colangeli	...	Salvo Lima
Alberto Cracco	...	Don Mario
Piera Degli Esposti	...	Signora Enea
Lorenzo Gioielli	...	Mino Pecorelli
Paolo Graziosi	...	Aldo Moro
Gianfelice Imparato	...	Vincenzo Scotti
Massimo Popolizio	...	Vittorio Sbardella
Aldo Ralli	...	Giuseppe Ciarrapico
Giovanni Vettorazzo	...	Magistrato Scarpinato
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Orazio Alba	...	Gaspare Mutolo
Fernando Altieri	...	Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
Stewart Arnold	...	Larry Schoenbach
Nuot Arquint	...	Lima's killer
Antonello Avallone	...	Doctor
Pietro Biondi	...	Francesco Cossiga
Giovanni Bissaca	...	Senator
Achille Brugnini	...	Cardinal Angelini
Simone Carella	...	Rino Formica
Domenico Centamore	...	Balduccio Di Maggio
Michele Chiadò	...	Senator Pellegrino
Umberto Contarello	...	Deputy
Carlo Cozzani	...	I.O.R. Cardinal
Paolo De Giorgio	...	Stefano Bontate
Roberto De Rossi	...	Journalist
Salvatore D'Onofrio	...	Armed escort chief
Lombardo Fornara	...	Michele Sindona
Massimo Franceschi	...	Journalist
Domenico Gennaro	...	Francesco Marino Mannoia
Carlo Giraudo	...	Judge Natoli
Victor Goubanov	...	Mikhail Gorbachev
Ernesto Izzo	...	Deputy
Manuela Lamanna	...	Secretary (as Manuela La Manna)
Giusto Lo Piparo	...	Deputy
Bob Marchese	...	Senator
Luigi Messina	...	President Ingargiola
Gaetano Mosca	...	Porter Mario
Giuseppe Perri	...	Tano Badalamenti
Alvaro Piccardi	...	Raul Gardini
Gilda Postiglione	...	Journalist
Alberto Pozzo	...	Lawyer Coppi
Mario Prosperi	...	Cardinal Pappalardo
Enzo Rai	...	Totò Riina
Natale Russo	...	Leonardo Messina
Maurizio Tropea	...	Deputy
Roberto Minutillo Turtur	...	Deputy
Lorenzo Ventavoli	...	Deputy
Angelo Zito	...	Giancarlo Caselli

Also Known As:

Il divo (France)
Il divo: La straordinaria vita di Giulio Andreotti (Italy) (long title)
Untitled Giulio Andreotti Biopic (Italy) (working title)

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Italian | English

Color:

Black and White (inserts only) | Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Italy:T | Canada:14A | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Ireland:15A | UK:15 | USA:Not Rated | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:16 | Portugal:M/16 (Qualidade)

Filming Locations:

Montecitorio, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Indigo Film

Quotes:

Giulio Andreotti: It is not always easy to explain our country to foreigners. In Italy the slowest trains are called "fast" and the evening news come out in the morning.

Soundtrack:

Gammelpop

Now...whatever you do Toni....never,never smile on camera

It's painfully obvious that the ruling class has been evil and corrupt,since the days of the Roman Empire,all the way down to the Bush administration (and beyond). Paolo Sorrentino writes & directs a sizzling potboiler of a film dealing with the infamous life & career of Jullio Andreotti, one of Italy's most powerful political figures, who at age 90 is still a primary figure in Italian politics. Andreotti has been (potentially)responsible for dozens of deaths of political figures (including Aldo Morro,who was assassinated by the Red Brigade in 1978,but although was brought to trial,was never implicated,having deep ties with the Vatican most likely pulled his eggs out of the fire as many times as he has). Toni Servillo (seen recently in the Mafia melodrama,'Gomorrah')plays Andreotti (with what seems to be the role of his life),a man who seems to be wholly unable to enjoy life (his facial expression never changes,maintaining a deadpan scowl,suggesting chronic constipation). What I admired was the occasional docudrama look to this film (plus,each character is introduced via inter-titles),giving it a Scorsese overtone that really works. Granted,this may,or may not be the best film I've seen from Italy, but it's,none the less,an important one.Spoken in Italian with English subtitles. As this film is an import,with limited distribution,it's not rated by the MPAA,but contains bloody violence,disturbing sights & some language that most parents may not want little ones to see or hear.