Il divo (film)

Il divo
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPaolo Sorrentino
Written byPaolo Sorrentino
Produced byFrancesca Cima
Fabio Conversi
Maurizio Coppolecchia
Nicola Giuliano
Andrea Occhipinti
StarringToni Servillo
Anna Bonaiuto
Piera Degli Esposti
Paolo Graziosi
Giulio Bosetti
Flavio Bucci
Carlo Buccirosso
CinematographyLuca Bigazzi
Edited byChristiano Travagliolo
Music byTeho Teardo
Distributed byLucky Red
Release dates
Running time
110 minutes
CountriesItaly
France
LanguageItalian
Budget$6.7 million[1]
Box office$11,260,366[2]

Il divo (Italian pronunciation: [il ˈdiːvo], The Celebrity[3] or more literally The Divine,[4] from Latin divus, "god") is a 2008 Italian biographical drama film directed by Paolo Sorrentino. It is based on the figure of former Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti. It competed at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008, where it was awarded the Jury Prize. The film also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival and was nominated for the Oscar for Best Makeup at the 82nd Academy Awards in 2010.

  1. ^ Povoledo, Elisabetta (9 July 2008). "Cannes Success Gives Italian Cinema a Boost". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
  2. ^ "2008 Overseas Total Yearly Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. 4 March 2009. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
  3. ^ "divo² – Vocabolario Treccani". Treccani (in Italian). Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  4. ^ "divo¹ – Vocabolario Treccani". Treccani (in Italian). Retrieved 3 May 2018.