
Directed by: Paolo Sorrentino
Released: 2008
Run
time: 114 minutes
Classification 15
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The story of Italian politician Giulio Andreotti, who served as Prime Minister of Italy seven times since the restoration of democracy in 1946Giulio Andreotti (1919-2013) was a fixture in Italian politics for half a century. Il Divo is a dramatic film that concentrates on the events leading up to a series of trials in the 1990’s in which Andreotti was accused of having links with the Mafia
Paolo Sorrentino, film director and screen writer, was born
in Naples in 1970. His first feature film was One Man Up for which he was
awarded the Nastro D’Argent prize. He achieved international recognition for his 2004 thriller The Consequences of Love and his 2013 film, The Great
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