Il Divo (Film)
- Toni Servillo: Giulio Andreotti
- Anna Bonajuto: Livia Danese
- Giulio Bosetti: Eugenio Scalfari
- Flavio Bucci Franco Evangelisti
- Carlo Buccirosso: Paolo Cirino Pomicino
- Paolo Graziosi: Aldo Moro
- Giorgio Colangeli: Salvo Lima
- Alberto Cracco: Don Mario
- Lorenzo Gioielli: Mino Pecorelli
- Gianfelice Imparato: Vincenzo Scotti
- Massimo Popolizio: Vittorio Sbardella
- Aldo Ralli: Giuseppe Ciarrapico
- Giovanni Vettorazzo: Magistrato Scarpinato
- Piera Degli Esposti: Signora Enea
- Fanny Ardant: wife of the French ambassador
Il Divo (English: " The divine") is an award -winning Italian-French film biography of the former Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti in 2008 Directed by Paolo Sorrentino Toni Servillo can be seen in the title role..
Action
For four decades, Giulio Andreotti is alternately in power in Italy. In 1991, the rather small and slightly hunchbacked politician is elected for the seventh time to the Italian Prime Minister. Always calm and full of calculus leads the Christian Democrat his party and the respective governments. When everyone is sleeping around him in Rome still, he is already awake and can escort of his bodyguards to pray in the church. While he is careful to reveal as little as possible about himself, he collects all and particularly piquant information about its rivals in order to use them at the right moment to his advantage can.
In private and in public appearances he justifies a matter of course the intelligence crimes that have been made on behalf of the Red Brigades, the parties of the center - to strengthen - as his Christian Democrats. Power to him about anything goes. It maintains links with the Mafia and lets his political opponents, and even his own colleagues as Aldo Moro out of the way. However, even he is above reproach. Even in 1993, when he was first put on trial and given its transactions are placed with the Mafia to load, it may ultimately be proven no offense.
Background
Director Paolo Sorrentino directed Il Divo as a political satire about Giulio Andreotti, who was first elected in 1972 as prime minister of Italy. Overall, seven of the politicians holding office, where his tenures never went beyond two years. He was involved in 34 governments and a total of 21 times minister. Since 1992 he has been a senator for life. A year later he was first charged in court with the accusation of the Sicilian Mafia, Cosa Nostra favors. In all counts Andreotti was acquitted. The shooting took place in Rome, Naples, Palermo and Turin.
Il Divo premiered on May 23 at the 2008 International Film Festival in Cannes, where the film won the Jury Prize. He was then shown at numerous international film festivals, such as the Germany premiere on June 21, 2008 at the Munich Film Festival or the Toronto International Film Festival and the London Film Festival.
The Italian newspaper La Repubblica against Andreotti reported to have said after a private screening of the film: "I 'm not so cynical. This work is a knavery, a meanness, a mischievous film. " Unlike him, the film critics praised the work which followed numerous other awards won, among other things, seven David di Donatello, five times the Nastro d' Argento, and the European Film Awards Toni Servillo for Best Actor.
Reviews
"Less is based on verifiable facts, the cleverly composed film is characterized by aversion as well as fascinating study of a power monger, said he's more concerned about the criticism of a desolate political system. He also closes on the tradition of the Italian political thriller as Shakespeare's history plays. "
" With remarkable images and a terrific Toni Servillo starring Paolo Sorrentino director managed a thrilling portrait [ ... ]. The whole thing is created in the style of a political farce, sometimes skillfully alternates between buffoonery and political thriller, and weaves a tragic moments [ ... ]. However Sorrentino requires a lot of knowledge. Nevertheless, interested parties with a bitter experience in a class "!
" Sorrentino it succeeds masterfully to stage modern politics as a classic royal drama. [ ... ] Policy choreographed as a musical -like farce than elegance with high power Ballet. "
" Fluent goes on the Analytical anecdotal and expands Il Divo to the comic opera about Italy and its political power Stronzos. "
"Il Divo will not cause a flight reflex. He is witty, clever, evil and original. "
"In order to expose the evil with the means of art, each setting looks of this film, as it had been designed by a Japanese interior designer. [ ... ] Plunged clotted in the bluish light of a morgue or in the reddish brown blood. [ ... ] Anyone who wants to understand Italy, must see Il Divo. "
"Il Divo is, in the strict sense less a film about Andreotti as a masterpiece on our notions of power. [ ... ] And to this one of the best soundtracks of recent film history, ranging from classical to electronic iridescent, with a great punch line in the credits. "
Awards
David di Donatello
Won:
- Best Actor ( Toni Servillo )
- Best Supporting Actress ( Piera Degli Esposti )
- Best Cinematography (Luca Bigazzi )
- Best Original Score ( Teho Teardo )
- Best Visual Effects ( Nicola Sganga, Rodolfo Migliari )
- Best Hairstyling ( Aldo Signoretti )
- Best Make -up ( Vittorio Sodano )
Nominated:
- Best Picture
- Best Director (Paolo Sorrentino )
- Best Supporting Actor (Carlo Buccirosso )
- Best Screenplay (Paolo Sorrentino )
- Best Editing ( Cristiano Travaglioli )
- Best Producer (Andrea Occhipinti, Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima, Maurizio Coppolecchia )
- Best Art Direction ( Lino Fiorito )
- Best Costume Design (Daniela Ciancio )
- Best Sound ( Emanuele Cecere )
Nastro d' Argento
Won:
- Best Actor ( Toni Servillo )
- Best Director (Paolo Sorrentino )
- Best Screenplay (Paolo Sorrentino )
- Best Producer ( Fabio Conversi, Andrea Occhipinti, Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima, Maurizio Coppolecchia )
- Best Supporting Actress ( Piera Degli Esposti for special price )
Nominated:
- Best Supporting Actress ( Anna Bonajuto )
- Best Cinematography (Luca Bigazzi )
- Best Editing ( Cristiano Travaglioli )
- Best Art Direction ( Lino Fiorito )
- Best Sound ( Emanuele Cecere )
More
- A nomination for the Academy Award for Best Make -up
- European Film Award for Best Actor Toni Servillo, four additional nominations in the categories of Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography
- Jury Prize and nominated for the Palme d'Or at the International Film Festival in Cannes for director Paolo Sorrentino
- A nomination for the British Independent Film Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- A nomination for the Bodil for Best non-American film
- Globo d'Oro for Best Screenplay, another nomination for Best Director
- San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Foreign Language Film
DVD Release
- Il Divo - The Divine. Video Euro 2009, with the making of In the Shadow of the Divine - The Making of "Il Divo ". Interview with the director
Soundtrack
- Teho Teardo: Il Divo. Universal in 2009, a CD with 20 recordings of film music