Genre: Drama

Language: Italian with English Subtitles

Director: Paolo Sorrentino

Cast: Toni Servillo, Anna Bonaiuto, Piera Degli Esposti, Fanny Ardant, Giulio Bosetti, Paolo Graziosi, Gianfelice Imparato

Released: 2008

Duration: 113 Minutes

Rating: R16 contains violence

Distribution: Palace Films

Winner Cannes Film Festival 2008: Jury Prize; Winner 2009 David di Donatello: Best actor plus 6 more.

”If you plan to see ‘Il Divo’ - and you should - be prepared to hold on to your seat. Simultaneously exhilarating and confounding, dazzling and confusing, this is filmmaking of such verve and style that you likely won't care that it can, at times, be a bumpy ride.

One of two breakthrough Italian films to receive prizes at Cannes last year, ‘Il Divo’ comes by its intricacy honestly.  It deals with what's been called "the fiendish complexities of postwar Italian politics," and it throws more names at you than the Naples phone book. But there's only one you need to remember, one man you can't forget, and that's Giulio Andreotti.”  Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

Ninety-year-old Giulio Andreotti is synonymous with Italian politics.  2009 marks his uninterrupted 63rd year as a parliamentarian! Though less of a topical figure in Italy than current prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, Andreotti is even more deeply branded on the nation's consciousness.

Award-winning film maker Paolo Sorrentino's original and witty political opera tries to anatomise the character and explain the longevity of a man who has been Prime Minister three times and emerged unscathed from no less than 26 separate court cases on charges that include corruption and Mafia involvement. The film’s focal point is Toni Servillo's delicious take on Andreotti, grotesque and subtly powerful at the same time.

Moments of laugh-out-loud humour abound, mostly associated with authentic Andreotti one-liners. ‘Il Divo’ is a masterpiece for maverick auteur Sorrentino (‘The Consequences of Love’) and is a true festival highlight.