A gangster movie, a history lesson, and a crash course in European Cinema all in one.

In the illustrious tradition of European cinema, Il Divo is a movie that will have film professors the world over cheering in the aisles. Powerful performances, intriguing, kinetic camera work, and sumptuous set design with a pain-staking eye for detail make this tale of Italian politics one for the ages. Il Divo is the story of Giulio Andreotti (Toni Servillo), an Italian politician with a seemingly unbreakable hold on the country’s government, and the scandal that eventually broke him. This is a gangster movie, a history lesson, and a crash course in European Cinema, all in one. Bring your thinking cap, because the roster of crooks, politicians, loyal wives, scheming lawyers, hitmen and mafia bosses is enough to make your head spin, but it’s worth it to keep up. Servillo’s performance as Andreotti is incredible. Plagued by headaches and a bizarre physicality, the most powerful man in Italy  seems at once a prisoner in his own body and the master of an entire country’s fate. Violent, artistic, and human, this movie’s place in film history is guaranteed. Directed by Paolo Sorrentino. HC