18 Nov 2009
Italy, France
2008
110 min
Director: Paolo Sorrentino
Paolo Sorrentino, a leading light in the Italian new wave of directors, gives us a bird’s eye view of the controversial post-war figure of Giulio Andreotti. Leader of the centrist Christian Democracy Party, Andreotti became Prime Minister of Italy seven times and remains a senator for life. Andreotti, a man with close ties to the Vatican, had his reputation tarnished when he was tried for and subsequently acquitted of Mafia ties and, later, the murder of an Italian journalist. The film won the Jury Prize at Cannes in 2008 and is in English and Italian with subtitles.