Details

Release year: 2008

Storyline

The story of Italian politician Giulio Andreotti, who has served as Prime Minister of Italy seven times since the restoration of democracy in 1946.

Top credits

Directors

Paolo Sorrentino

Writers

Paolo Sorrentino

Cast

Toni Servillo — Giulio Andreotti
Anna Bonaiuto — Livia Danese
Giulio Bosetti — Eugenio Scalfari
Flavio Bucci — Franco Evangelisti

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Awards

0 wins & 1 nomination

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Did you know

• The first cut of the movie was 145-minute long.

• Giulio Andreotti saw the film at a private preview screening, and reacted as such: "It's very bad, it's a scoundrel, I would say. It tries to turn reality upside down by making me talk to people I have never met". Paolo Sorrentino later commented: "Andreotti reacted in an angry way and this is a good result because usually he is impassive in front of every event. The reaction comforts me and confirms the strength of cinema compared to other critical instruments of reality".

• Giulio Andreotti (1919-2013) served as the Prime Minister of Italy for three terms (1972-1973, 1976-1979, and 1989-1992). He was the leader of the political party "Christian Democracy", a Catholic-inspired Christian-democratic party with centrist positions. The party disbanded in 1994, following a number of corruption scandals, and revelations connecting the party to the Mafia.