Il divo

Il divo

  • Director: Paolo Sorrentino
  • Countries of origin: Italy, France
  • Language: Italian, English
  • Release date: May 28, 2008
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: Il Divo
  • "Il divo: La spettacolare vita di Giulio Andreotti" is a 110-minute biographical film co-produced by Italy and France. The film was written and directed by Paolo , starring Toni Servillo , Anna Bonaiuto , Giorio Bosetti , Flavio Bucci , Carlo Bu Carloso, etc. It was released in Italy on May 28, 2008.
    The film tells the story of an elusive and cheeky modern Niccolò Machiavelli -style martial artist Giulio Andreotti , who became prime minister seven times and retired in as many as 26 lawsuits of varying sizes   .

    Details

    • Release date May 28, 2008
    • Filming locations Via del Corso, Rome, Lazio, Italy
    • Production companies Indigo Film, Lucky Red, Parco Film

    Box office

    Budget

    €5,700,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $240,159

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $13,867

    Gross worldwide

    $11,260,366

    Movie reviews

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    • By Llewellyn 2022-10-05 16:20:50

      Look so tired

      It's a movie that looks very tired. I often look at the back and turn to the front, then look at the back, and repeat it twice to understand what is being said. In addition, the explanations of the terms in the opening movie are also very important and must not be left behind. Even so, in the end, I barely understood what it was talking about.
          I don't think the director did a bad job, but the character is too strange. The director used a lot of fragments to piece together a...

    User comments

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    • By Clarissa 2023-09-28 21:53:36

      The whole film has a black baroque style, which highlights the strange feeling of the political atmosphere. The soundtrack is amazing~ There are a lot of just-right renderings, which really makes him find some solace in his mockery from the depression! !...

    • By Clare 2023-09-28 14:09:53

      The film was nominated for the 82nd Academy Award for Best Makeup. Without knowing Andreaotti, I have little impression of Italian politics before the 1990s. But the film left an impression on me. The protagonist is like a clown. A clown who looks like a clown has dominated Italian politics for more than ten years. "Everyone who played with me is dead", this sentence has the meaning of being alone and seeking defeat. However, the reincarnation of heaven, may I ask who the heavens let go? ! Wait...

    • By Mortimer 2023-09-25 01:44:05

      2019 SIFF 15. The director's lens language is too extreme. The composition and soundtrack of each frame seem to be calculated accurately, like oil paintings and sculptures. A biographical film based on a true story, the concept of the "Mind Palace" really fascinates me. Ironic to the extreme.

    • By Andre 2023-09-17 03:50:07

      Due to the lack of narrative background and the escapism of expressive techniques, a line to describe the film is: "The situation is a bit complicated." Fortunately, the style is very modern, and the irony is not out of the...

    • By Alex 2023-09-11 08:42:09

      The rhythm of this film is relatively "smooth", the use of the camera lens is extremely delicate or precise, and the soundtrack is surprisingly the finishing touch. I am really lacking in this history, and I am thrilled to see it in the gentleness. Politics is politics, it does not need to be praised, it needs...

    Movie plot

    Rome, at dawn, when everyone is still asleep, a man is still working, this is Giulio Andreotti ( Toni Servillo ) , he is calm, cunning and mysterious, standing in Italy for nearly half a century The pinnacle of power. Since the establishment of the Italian Parliament in 1946 after World War II, he has been appointed as Prime Minister of Italy several times. In the early 1990s, this 70-year-old man was elected as prime minister of Italy...
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    Movie quotes

    • Giulio Andreotti: I don't believe in chance, I believe in the will of God.

    • Giulio Andreotti: One can never be too cautious about the company one keeps. After all, Jesus had Judas amongst his disciples.

    • Paolo Cirino Pomicino: Niceness is detrimental to politics.