Andreotti film wins jury prize

Andreotti film wins jury prize

26.05.2008

A BITINGLY witty Italian film about seven-time prime minister Giulio Andreotti has won Cannes` Jury prize.

Il Divo by Paolo Sorrentino, 37, was one of two Italian films competing for the Palme d`Or that focused on politics and corruption in Italy.

 

It charts the fall from grace of Mr Andreotti, now 89 and a senator for life, who spent a half-century swirling in the political waters of Italy.

"I was aiming to look at a period in our history that is already being swept aside," the director said at Cannes.

Shot in Italy`s luxury palaces of power, fast-paced Il Divo portrays Mr Andreotti as a sometimes comic, sometimes sinister modern-day Machiavelli.

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