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Il Divo

2008 · 113 min

A stylish, cold-blooded plunge into political intrigue, mixing dark satire with a brooding, operatic atmosphere.

Directed by
Paolo Sorrentino
Genres
Drama
Starring
Toni Servillo, Anna Bonaiuto, Giulio Bosetti
Overview
Italy, early '90s. Calm, clever and inscrutable, politician Giulio Andreotti has been synonymous with power for decades. He has survived everything: electoral battles, terrorist massacres, loss of friends, slanderous accusations; but now certain repentant mobsters implicate him in the crimes of Cosa Nostra.

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Directed by
Paolo Sorrentino
Genres
Drama
Starring
Toni Servillo, Anna Bonaiuto, Giulio Bosetti
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • corruption
  • politics
  • crime
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour4
Realism8
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity8
Emotional weight6

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