Il Divo
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- Synopsis
- Award-winning filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino (The Family Friend) writes and directs this cinematic portrait of seven-time Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti, whose controversial legacy peaked when he was tried for Mafia ties and subsequently ......
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- Starring
- Toni Servillo, Anna Bonaiuto, Giulio Bosetti, Flavio Bucci, Carlo Buccirosso
- Director(s)
- Paolo Sorrentino
- Distributor(s)
- Music Box Films (USA)
- MPAA Rating
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 117 min.
Critic Reviews
An intensely political film so wildly inventive and witty that it will become a touchstone for years to come, Il Divo is a masterpiece for maverick helmer-scribe Paolo Sorrentino.Read the full review
You need know nothing about Italian politics to completely enjoy the fantastical, Fellini-fied, tragi-comic, biographical fun-for-all Il Divo.Read the full review
Simultaneously exhilarating and confounding, dazzling and confusing, this is filmmaking of such verve and style that you likely won't care that you can't follow it completely.Read the full review
Headlines
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Italian film production slumps
02/03/10 Italian film production last year dropped to its lowest point in a decade as the Silvio Berlusconi government drastically cut filmmaking coin, and Hollywood movies rose to take a 63% share of local box office. | Variety -
One of These 7 Films Will Win the Best Makeup Oscar
01/12/10 If you're wondering about Il Divo , it's an Italian film in which actor Toni Servillo is made to look just like the man he portrays, politician Giulio Andreotti. | Cinematical.com -
Capotondi's 'Hour' gets warm reception
09/10/09 First-time Italo helmer Giuseppe Capotondi, whose Venice competition entry "The Double Hour" unspooled to warm reaction Thursday, reps a rarity in Italian cinema for a couple reasons. | Variety -
Music Box
09/09/09 New kids on the block Music Box brought on the noise last year with breakout French success "Tell No One" ($6.2 million), putting the Chicago-based company on the map. | Variety -
Servillo set for 'Tranquil Life'
09/07/09 Italo thesp Toni Servillo ("Il Divo") is attached to star in noir "Una Vita tranquilla" (A Tranquil Life) by sophomore helmer Claudio Cupellini for RAI Cinema. | Variety -
Italian film folk protest against arts cuts
07/20/09 Drastic funding cuts to the arts planned by the Silvio Berlusconi government prompted Italy's film community on Monday to stage a protest in front of parliament with some industryites threatening a Venice Film Festival boycott as the next step. | Variety -
Lincoln Center to fete actor Toni Servillo
07/02/09 Servillo will appear in person on July 27 after the screening of "Il Divo" to discuss the film and his career. | The Hollywood Reporter -
Slumdog Millionaire A Winner In Italy
06/29/09 Slumdog Millionaire has added to its Oscars haul by landing another top prize at Italy's Nastri d'Argento (Silver Ribbon) Awards on Saturday. | The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) -
'Il Divo' wins big at Silver Ribbons
06/27/09 Paolo Sorrentino's lauded look at the life of Giulio Andreotti, the seven-time, mafia-tainted Italo prime-minister, scooped four prizes - thereby gaining some comeupence on rival mafia pic Gomorrah, by Matteo Garrone, which won this year's Silver Ribbon for best film. | Variety
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