POLITICAL SORRENTINO
In this episode we talk about three films by director Paolo Sorrentino, about whose cinema Russ published a book in 2020: his most recent movie 'La Grazia (2025), about a fictional president of Italy at the end of his term, and two films based on real politicians in the later stage sof their career, 'Il Divo' (2008) about Andreotti who was premier on seven occasions i and 'Loro' (2018), based on the of Berlusconi's political career, each featuring Toni Servillo as lead. We talk about the recurrence of older male protagonists in Sorrentino's films along with scenes involving naked young women…
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