Director
Paolo Sorrentino
Leading Actors/Actresses
Toni Servillo
Supporting Actors/Actresses
Anna Bonaiuto, Flavio Bucci, Anna Bonaiuto, Gianfelice Imparato, Carlo Buccirosso
Genre
Drama, Biography
Language
Italian
Awards
Awarded the Jury Prize at Cannes Film Festival; Nominated for one Academy Award: Best Achievement in Makeup for Vittrio Sodano and Aldo Signoretti
Date of Release
2008
Producer
Francesca Cima, Nicola Giuliano, Andrea Occhipinti
Setting and Context
1992 - Italy during Andreotti's 7th term as Prime Minister
Narrator and Point of View
POV and Narrator is Giulio Andreotti
Tone and Mood
Serious and Dramatic
Protagonist and Antagonist
Antagonist is Andreotti.
Major Conflict
Andreotti wins his 7th term as Prime Minister and seeks to go for an 8th, but fails.
Climax
It leads to the Tangentopoli bribe scandal and his trial in 1995 of which he is cleared of all charges.
Foreshadowing
Andreotti declaring his vast archive of information on people foreshadows that his power will always be maintained even out of office as he has a slew of dirt on people who could hurt him.
Understatement
It is understated as to how Andreotti became the notorious man he is.
Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques
N/A
Allusions
The film is an allusion to the ability of a politician to maintain power even through the obvious nature of corruption that keeps them in power.
Paradox
Andreotti is put on trial for the bribe scandal. Paradoxically he is not convicted and given a Senator for life position.
Parallelism
Andreotti's walk to the cathedral is paralleled later in the film when he sits in his car in the rain this time in the protection of the car.
