Il Divo

Original title: Il divo

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7.2/10

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The story of Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti, who has been elected to Parliament seven times since is was established in 1946.

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

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

19K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 32 wins & 40 nominations total

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Il Divo

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

Quotes
Giulio Andreotti: I know I am an average man but looking around I do not see any giant.

Crazy credits
End credits features the following dedication: "per Daniela, che mi ha salvato" ("for Daniela, who saved me"). Daniela D'Antonio is Paolo Sorrentino's wife.

Connections
Featured in The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (2010)

Soundtracks
La prima cosa bella
Written by Mogol, Gian Piero Reverberi and Nicola Di Bari
Performed by Ricchi e Poveri
Published by Universal Music Publishing Ricordi S.r.l.
Courtesy of EMi Music Italy S.p.a.

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8/10

Beautiful but perhaps incomprehensible in translation

This is a film of two parts - something which a previous comment didn't really make clear - we see the events of Italy during Andreotti's reign in the first half from Andreoti's point of view: then in the second half we see the same events again from (depending on your perspective) either a more dispassionate or a more disparaging observation.

As a bit of cinema it is brilliant (one or two IMO rather silly unslick bits of special FX, just ignore them!) but altogether not to be missed. I doubt that it will translate well, and even for a seasoned appassionato of Italian politics the introduction of characters using (clever) superimposed text was flawed by the overshort screen time which these important notes were allowed.