Ninety-year-old Giulio Andreotti is synonymous with Italian politics. 2009 marks his uninterrupted 63rd year as a parliamentarian! Though less of...
Ninety-year-old Giulio Andreotti is synonymous with Italian politics. 2009 marks his uninterrupted 63rd year as a parliamentarian! Though less of a topical figure in Italy than current prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, Andreotti is even more deeply branded on the nation's consciousness.
Award-winning film maker Paolo Sorrentino's (The Consequences of Love) original and witty political opera tries to anatomise the character and explain the longevity of a man who has been Prime Minister three times and emerged unscathed from no less than 26 separate court cases on charges that include corruption and Mafia involvement. The film’s focal point is Toni Servillo's delicious take on Andreotti, grotesque and subtly powerful at the same time.
Winner of the Jury Prize at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, and seven 2009 David di Donatello awards. (Source: Italian Film Festival)
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"An intensely political film so wildly inventive and witty that it will become a touchstone for years to come."
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Variety
Variety"If the director never quite gets to the heart of the man, that's part of his point: Andreotti emerges from the film as a collection of fragments."
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Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine"Sorrentino's directorial flourishes are at least partly to blame for the lack of clarity; his ornate setpieces are frequently dazzling, but as they pile up over two hours, they wind up distracting as often as they illuminate."
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A.V. Club
A.V. Club"Director Paolo Sorrentino's knockout drama Il Divo concentrates on Andreotti's final government (1991-92) and subsequent legal battles."
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New York Post
New York Post"Consume with great caution, and with joy."
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The New Yorker
The New Yorker"Simultaneously exhilarating and confounding, dazzling and confusing..."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"Il Divo is best appreciated as the bizarre character study of an essentially unlovable man who somehow became one of his country's most successful leaders."
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San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle"A grim portrait of the trouble with modern Italy."
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Boston Globe
Boston Globe"After I saw Il Divo, I suppose I should have felt indignation. I suppose I should also have felt that way after "The Godfather." But such films present such mesmerizing figures that I simply regard them, astonished."
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Roger Ebert
Roger EbertThe Deity (Il Divo) | Details
- Runtime
- 113
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- Italy
