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* AluminumChristmasTrees: Many aspects have been collected by Sorrentino from first hand sources and some of the wildest details are true as the fake volcano, some of the parties, the carousel in the garden, Berlusconi who willingly miss a UN engagement in order to partecipate to a 18th birthday party. Berlusconi as a young man singed in an act on cruise ships too. RealityIsUnrealistic indeed.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: zig-zagged, given the events depicted are only 10 years old (more or less) and almost all protagonists are alive and many still politically active the director use pseudonyms. Among the exceptions are Mike Bongiorno (who died in 2009), Mariano Apicella, Berlusconi himself, Ennio Doris, Fedele Confalonieri and Veronica, Berlusconi's wife, who is the very much real Veronica Lario.
** as a rule of thumb, the more controversial portraits have their names changed.
* AuthorTract: the long shot of firefighters extracting a Christ Statue from the rubble in the end is not dissimilar to the ending shot of The Great beauty, being a long, mute sequence without comment.
** There is also, like in every movie by Sorrentino, at least a pair of dancing parties with lots of people, dancers, music and drugs.
* ButtMonkey: Mariano Apicella, the singer in Berlusconi's villa.
* TheChessmaster: Berlusconi has traits of this in his manipulation of the Italian political scene.
* AsHimself: Fabio Concato, the singer at the end of Act 1.
** as a rule of thumb, the more controversial portraits have their names changed.
* AuthorTract: the long shot of firefighters extracting a Christ Statue from the rubble in the end is not dissimilar to the ending shot of The Great beauty, being a long, mute sequence without comment.
** There is also, like in every movie by Sorrentino, at least a pair of dancing parties with lots of people, dancers, music and drugs.
* ButtMonkey: Mariano Apicella, the singer in Berlusconi's villa.
* TheChessmaster: Berlusconi has traits of this in his manipulation of the Italian political scene.
* AsHimself: Fabio Concato, the singer at the end of Act 1.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: zig-zagged, given AdaptationDistillation: Some of the events depicted are only 10 years old (more or less) and almost all protagonists are alive and many still politically active the director use pseudonyms. Among the exceptions are Mike Bongiorno (who died characters, especially in 2009), Mariano Apicella, Berlusconi himself, Ennio Doris, Fedele Confalonieri and Veronica, Berlusconi's wife, who is the very much coalition, combine aspects of many more real Veronica Lario.
** as a rule of thumb,life politicians. The same can be said about the more controversial portraits have their names changed.
* AuthorTract: the long shot of firefighters extracting a Christ Statue from the rubble in the end is not dissimilar to the ending shot of The Great beauty, being a long, mute sequence without comment.
** There is also, like in every movie by Sorrentino, at least a pair of dancing parties with lots of people, dancers, music and drugs.
* ButtMonkey: Mariano Apicella, the singer in Berlusconi's villa.
* TheChessmaster: Berlusconi has traits of this in his manipulation of the Italian political scene.
* AsHimself: Fabio Concato, the singer at the end of Act 1.
girls.
** as a rule of thumb,
* AuthorTract: the long shot of firefighters extracting a Christ Statue from the rubble in the end is not dissimilar to the ending shot of The Great beauty, being a long, mute sequence without comment.
** There is also, like in every movie by Sorrentino, at least a pair of dancing parties with lots of people, dancers, music and drugs.
* ButtMonkey: Mariano Apicella, the singer in Berlusconi's villa.
* TheChessmaster: Berlusconi has traits of this in his manipulation of the Italian political scene.
* AsHimself: Fabio Concato, the singer at the end of Act 1.
* AluminumChristmasTrees: Many aspects have been collected by Sorrentino from first hand sources and some of the wildest details are true as the fake volcano, some of the parties, the carousel in the garden, Berlusconi who willingly miss a UN engagement in order to partecipate to a 18th birthday party. Berlusconi as a young man singed in an act on cruise ships too. RealityIsUnrealistic indeed.
* AnimalMotifs: As in Film/TheGreatBeauty there were flamingos, here we have a rat in the streets of Rome and the lamb in Berlusconi mansion. Take that as you will.
* AsHimself: Fabio Concato, the singer at the end of Act 1.
* AuthorTract:
** The long shot of firefighters extracting a Christ Statue from the rubble in the end is not dissimilar to the ending shot of The Great Beauty, being a long, mute sequence without comment.
** Like in every movie by Sorrentino, there's at least a pair of dancing parties with lots of people, dancers, music and drugs.
* AnimalMotifs: As in Film/TheGreatBeauty there were flamingos, here we have a rat in the streets of Rome and the lamb in Berlusconi mansion. Take that as you will.
* AsHimself: Fabio Concato, the singer at the end of Act 1.
* AuthorTract:
** The long shot of firefighters extracting a Christ Statue from the rubble in the end is not dissimilar to the ending shot of The Great Beauty, being a long, mute sequence without comment.
** Like in every movie by Sorrentino, there's at least a pair of dancing parties with lots of people, dancers, music and drugs.
* BittersweetEnding: Is the movie a ferocious critique of a power system who seems to revolve exclusively around bribes and escorts or it’s a study on a man who had everything and struggle to come to terms with his age and relative irrelevance and reacts with (pathetic) vitalism? In any case, for all his charade and renewed political power, Berlusconi ends the movie old and alone with the clear sense that his age has passed.
* BrickJoke: Multiple times Berlusconi speaks about a fake volcano in his garden, but nobody is interested in seeing it in action, at the end of '''Act 2''' he activates it while alone. It's a sad counterpoint to his character arc.
* ButtMonkey: Mariano Apicella, the singer in Berlusconi's villa.
* TheChessmaster: Berlusconi has traits of this in his manipulation of the Italian political scene.
* ConMan: Berlusconi big time. He is flamboyant, entertaining and utterly manipulative. There is a memorable scene at the beginning of Act 2 in which he call a random lady from a phone book and, posing as a real estate agent, sell her an apartment (which does not exist). He does that in order to boost his waning confidence, he doesn't actually sell the flat. His wife [[spoiler: accuses him of being no more than a con man when they argue at the end of the movie]].
* ConsummateLiar: Berlusconi on many many occasions try to "spin" the truth. He outright states at the beginning of the movie to his nephew (after having stepped on a shit in the garden) that "You have learned that a truth is the fruit of the tone and conviction with which we affirm it".
* CorruptPolitician: Omnipresent. Since the first scene with the Taranto city councilman which is provided with an escort on a boat by Sergio Morra. Berlusconi literally buys senators with favors, money and escorts to have them make a vote of no confidence for the center left coalition. Bribes are everywhere.
* BrickJoke: Multiple times Berlusconi speaks about a fake volcano in his garden, but nobody is interested in seeing it in action, at the end of '''Act 2''' he activates it while alone. It's a sad counterpoint to his character arc.
* ButtMonkey: Mariano Apicella, the singer in Berlusconi's villa.
* TheChessmaster: Berlusconi has traits of this in his manipulation of the Italian political scene.
* ConMan: Berlusconi big time. He is flamboyant, entertaining and utterly manipulative. There is a memorable scene at the beginning of Act 2 in which he call a random lady from a phone book and, posing as a real estate agent, sell her an apartment (which does not exist). He does that in order to boost his waning confidence, he doesn't actually sell the flat. His wife [[spoiler: accuses him of being no more than a con man when they argue at the end of the movie]].
* ConsummateLiar: Berlusconi on many many occasions try to "spin" the truth. He outright states at the beginning of the movie to his nephew (after having stepped on a shit in the garden) that "You have learned that a truth is the fruit of the tone and conviction with which we affirm it".
* CorruptPolitician: Omnipresent. Since the first scene with the Taranto city councilman which is provided with an escort on a boat by Sergio Morra. Berlusconi literally buys senators with favors, money and escorts to have them make a vote of no confidence for the center left coalition. Bribes are everywhere.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: there are some liberties but many characters exist in real life: Noemi Letizia and her family, Veronica, Mariano Apicella, Mike Bongiorno, Fedele Confalonieri, Ennio Doris, Marinella.
* {{Expy}}: many, regarding the portrayal of the most controversial characters who have real life counterpart: Kira is Sabina Began, Fabrizio is Lele Mora, Morra is Giampaolo Tarentini, Santino Recchia has aspects of Sandro Bondi.
* AluminumChristmasTrees: many aspects have been collected by Sorrentino from first hand sources and some of the wildest details are true as the fake volcano, some of the parties, the carousel in the garden, Berlusconi who willingly miss a UN engagement in order to partecipate to a 18th birthday party. Berlusconi as a young man singed in an act on cruise ships too. RealityIsUnrealistic indeed.
* {{Expy}}: many, regarding the portrayal of the most controversial characters who have real life counterpart: Kira is Sabina Began, Fabrizio is Lele Mora, Morra is Giampaolo Tarentini, Santino Recchia has aspects of Sandro Bondi.
* AluminumChristmasTrees: many aspects have been collected by Sorrentino from first hand sources and some of the wildest details are true as the fake volcano, some of the parties, the carousel in the garden, Berlusconi who willingly miss a UN engagement in order to partecipate to a 18th birthday party. Berlusconi as a young man singed in an act on cruise ships too. RealityIsUnrealistic indeed.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: many aspects have been collected by Sorrentino from first hand sources and some of the wildest details are true as the fake volcano, some of the parties, the carousel in the garden, Berlusconi who willingly miss a UN engagement in order to partecipate to a 18th birthday party. Berlusconi as a young man singed in an act on cruise ships too. RealityIsUnrealistic indeed.
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* ConMan: Berlusconi big time. He is flamboyant, entertaining and utterly manipulative. There is a memorable scene at the beginning of Act 2 in which he call a random lady from a phone book and, posing as a real estate agent, sell her an apartment (which does not exist). He does that in order to boost his waning confidence, he doesn't actually sell the flat. His wife [[spoiler: accuses him of being no more than a con man when they argue at the end of the movie]].
* CorruptPolitician: omnipresent. Since the first scene with the Taranto city councilman which is provided with an escort on a boat by Sergio Morra. Berlusconi literally buys senators with favors, money and escorts to have them make a vote of no confidence for the center left coalition. Bribes are everywhere.
* SleazyPolitician: when they are not outright corrupt.
* ViewersAreGeniuses: a passing knowledge of Italian political environment helps the understanding of the movie.
* VillainProtagonist: it’s hard to find any positive element in Sergio Morra behaviour and personality and he is the undoubted protagonist of Act 1. Regarding Berlusconi, YMMV
* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: It's difficult to feel involved in Sergio Morra's arc and eventual downfall, as it has no redeeming qualities whatsoever and it's constantly manipulative, exploitative and at best self-serving. in Act 2, Berlusconi is much more of a tragic character, however many of his acts can be despicable.
* AdaptationDistillation: some of the characters, especially in Berlusconi coalition, combine aspects of many more real life politicians. The same can be said about the girls.
* RuleOfSymbolism: as per Sorrentino, that is to be expected. Just to name a few, the lamb dying in Berlusconi villa, the ending with the Jesus statue, the fake volcano.
* TurnOfTheMillennium: the movie precise setting is unclear but we can infer that it's set between 2007 and 2009 (L'Aquila earthquake happened in April 2009).
* MoodWhiplash: as often with Sorrentino, the movie goes from tragic to ridicule to satiric in a matter of minutes.
* PowerCorrupts: in spades, this is valid for Morra, Berlusconi, Recchia and maybe Kira.
* CorruptPolitician: omnipresent. Since the first scene with the Taranto city councilman which is provided with an escort on a boat by Sergio Morra. Berlusconi literally buys senators with favors, money and escorts to have them make a vote of no confidence for the center left coalition. Bribes are everywhere.
* SleazyPolitician: when they are not outright corrupt.
* ViewersAreGeniuses: a passing knowledge of Italian political environment helps the understanding of the movie.
* VillainProtagonist: it’s hard to find any positive element in Sergio Morra behaviour and personality and he is the undoubted protagonist of Act 1. Regarding Berlusconi, YMMV
* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: It's difficult to feel involved in Sergio Morra's arc and eventual downfall, as it has no redeeming qualities whatsoever and it's constantly manipulative, exploitative and at best self-serving. in Act 2, Berlusconi is much more of a tragic character, however many of his acts can be despicable.
* AdaptationDistillation: some of the characters, especially in Berlusconi coalition, combine aspects of many more real life politicians. The same can be said about the girls.
* RuleOfSymbolism: as per Sorrentino, that is to be expected. Just to name a few, the lamb dying in Berlusconi villa, the ending with the Jesus statue, the fake volcano.
* TurnOfTheMillennium: the movie precise setting is unclear but we can infer that it's set between 2007 and 2009 (L'Aquila earthquake happened in April 2009).
* MoodWhiplash: as often with Sorrentino, the movie goes from tragic to ridicule to satiric in a matter of minutes.
* PowerCorrupts: in spades, this is valid for Morra, Berlusconi, Recchia and maybe Kira.
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* AnimalMotifs: as in Film/TheGreatBeauty there were flamingos, here we have a rat in the streets of Rome and the lamb in Berlusconi mansion. Take that as you will.
* BrickJoke: multiple times Berlusconi speaks about a fake volcano in his garden, but nobody is interested in seeing it in action, at the end of '''Act 2''' he activates it while alone. It's a sad counterpoint to his character arc.
* BrickJoke: multiple times Berlusconi speaks about a fake volcano in his garden, but nobody is interested in seeing it in action, at the end of '''Act 2''' he activates it while alone. It's a sad counterpoint to his character arc.
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* AnimalMotifs: as HistoricalDomainCharacter: There are some liberties but many characters exist in Film/TheGreatBeauty real life: Noemi Letizia and her family, Veronica, Mariano Apicella, Mike Bongiorno, Fedele Confalonieri, Ennio Doris, Marinella.
* MayDecemberRomance: Berlusconi attempts unsuccessfully to romance Stella and it's implied therewere flamingos, here has been something with many young girls we have a rat see in the streets of Rome movie, like Kira. Berlusconi and Veronica may also count (he is in his 70s she is around 50). Berlusconi and Noemi Letizia too.
* MoodWhiplash: As often with Sorrentino, the movie goes from tragic to ridicule to satiric in a matter of minutes.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Zig-zagged, given the events depicted are only 10 years old (more or less) and almost all protagonists are alive and many still politically active the director use pseudonyms. Among the exceptions are Mike Bongiorno (who died in 2009), Mariano Apicella, Berlusconi himself, Ennio Doris, Fedele Confalonieri and Veronica, Berlusconi's wife, who is the very much real Veronica Lario. As a rule of thumb, the more controversial portraits have their names changed.
* PowerCorrupts: In spades, this is valid for Morra, Berlusconi, Recchia and maybe Kira.
* RuleOfSymbolism: As per Sorrentino, that is to be expected. Just to name a few, the lamb dying in Berlusconimansion. Take that as you will.
* BrickJoke: multiple times Berlusconi speaks about avilla, the ending with the Jesus statue, the fake volcano in his garden, but nobody is interested in seeing it in action, at the end of '''Act 2''' he activates it while alone. It's a sad counterpoint to his character arc.
volcano.
* MayDecemberRomance: Berlusconi attempts unsuccessfully to romance Stella and it's implied there
* MoodWhiplash: As often with Sorrentino, the movie goes from tragic to ridicule to satiric in a matter of minutes.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Zig-zagged, given the events depicted are only 10 years old (more or less) and almost all protagonists are alive and many still politically active the director use pseudonyms. Among the exceptions are Mike Bongiorno (who died in 2009), Mariano Apicella, Berlusconi himself, Ennio Doris, Fedele Confalonieri and Veronica, Berlusconi's wife, who is the very much real Veronica Lario. As a rule of thumb, the more controversial portraits have their names changed.
* PowerCorrupts: In spades, this is valid for Morra, Berlusconi, Recchia and maybe Kira.
* RuleOfSymbolism: As per Sorrentino, that is to be expected. Just to name a few, the lamb dying in Berlusconi
* BrickJoke: multiple times Berlusconi speaks about a
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** a subtle one, during the party at the villa for some moments a piece of classical music his heard. That's Mozart Theatre/TheMarriageOfFigaro, speaking about the nature of love.
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** a A subtle one, during the party at the villa for some moments a piece of classical music his heard. That's Mozart Theatre/TheMarriageOfFigaro, speaking about the nature of love.
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* ConsummateLiar: Berlusconi on many many occasions try to "spin" the truth. He outright states at the beginning of the movie to his nephew (after having stepped on a shit in the garden) that "You have learned that a truth is the fruit of the tone and conviction with which we affirm it".
* BittersweetEnding: Is the movie a ferocious critique of a power system who seems to revolve exclusively around bribes and escorts or it’s a study on a man who had everything and struggle to come to terms with his age and relative irrelevance and reacts with (pathetic) vitalism?
** In any case, for all his charade and renewed political power, Berlusconi ends the movie old and alone with the clear sense that his age has passed.
* WomanScorned: Veronica, learning of his husband many affairs. She's not happy about it.
* MayDecemberRomance: Berlusconi attempts unsuccessfully to romance Stella and it's implied there has been something with many young girls we see in the movie, like Kira. Berlusconi and Veronica may also count (he is in his 70s she is around 50). Berlusconi and Noemi Letizia too.
* BittersweetEnding: Is the movie a ferocious critique of a power system who seems to revolve exclusively around bribes and escorts or it’s a study on a man who had everything and struggle to come to terms with his age and relative irrelevance and reacts with (pathetic) vitalism?
** In any case, for all his charade and renewed political power, Berlusconi ends the movie old and alone with the clear sense that his age has passed.
* WomanScorned: Veronica, learning of his husband many affairs. She's not happy about it.
* MayDecemberRomance: Berlusconi attempts unsuccessfully to romance Stella and it's implied there has been something with many young girls we see in the movie, like Kira. Berlusconi and Veronica may also count (he is in his 70s she is around 50). Berlusconi and Noemi Letizia too.
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* ConsummateLiar: Berlusconi on many many occasions try to "spin" the truth. He SleazyPolitician: When they are not outright states at the beginning of the corrupt.
* TurnOfTheMillennium: The movieto his nephew (after having stepped on a shit in the garden) precise setting is unclear but we can infer that "You have learned that a truth is the fruit of the tone it's set between 2007 and conviction with which we affirm it".
2009 (L'Aquila earthquake happened in April 2009).
*BittersweetEnding: Is the movie a ferocious critique ViewersAreGeniuses: A passing knowledge of a power system who seems to revolve exclusively around bribes and escorts or it’s a study on a man who had everything and struggle to come to terms with his age and relative irrelevance and reacts with (pathetic) vitalism?
** In any case, for all his charade and renewedItalian political power, Berlusconi ends environment helps the movie old understanding of the movie.
* VillainProtagonist: It’s hard to find any positive element in Sergio Morra behaviour andalone with personality and he is the clear sense that his age has passed.
undoubted protagonist of Act 1. Regarding Berlusconi, YMMV.
* WomanScorned: Veronica, learning of his husband many affairs. She's not happy aboutit.
* MayDecemberRomance: Berlusconi attempts unsuccessfully to romance Stella and it's implied there has been something with many young girls we see in the movie, like Kira. Berlusconi and Veronica may also count (he is in his 70s she is around 50). Berlusconi and Noemi Letizia too.it.
* TurnOfTheMillennium: The movie
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** In any case, for all his charade and renewed
* VillainProtagonist: It’s hard to find any positive element in Sergio Morra behaviour and
* WomanScorned: Veronica, learning of his husband many affairs. She's not happy about
* MayDecemberRomance: Berlusconi attempts unsuccessfully to romance Stella and it's implied there has been something with many young girls we see in the movie, like Kira. Berlusconi and Veronica may also count (he is in his 70s she is around 50). Berlusconi and Noemi Letizia too.
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* ProductionPosse: Paolo Sorrentino works again with Toni Servillo after Film/TheGreatBeauty, Film/IlDivo.
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: what are we expected to take from the portrayal of Berlusconi? even if Sorrentino and Servillo don’t pull any punches and particularly in '''Act 1''' the representation of Berlusconi and his “court” are highly parodic, verging on grotesque, in '''Act 2''' we see Berlusconi more closely and it is a flawed man whose story mixes element of ridicule and of tragedy, faced with loneliness, the passage of time and the dynamics of power.
** is Kira [[spoiler: really in love with Berlusconi, after all?]].
** What did Stella [[spoiler: do with the man in the sauna is up to speculation. This cast a different light in the scene with Berlusconi later. Is she really "innocent" and thrown in a world of pimps and sharks or is she embarassed of what she's done earlier?]]
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: what are we expected to take from the portrayal of Berlusconi? even if Sorrentino and Servillo don’t pull any punches and particularly in '''Act 1''' the representation of Berlusconi and his “court” are highly parodic, verging on grotesque, in '''Act 2''' we see Berlusconi more closely and it is a flawed man whose story mixes element of ridicule and of tragedy, faced with loneliness, the passage of time and the dynamics of power.
** is Kira [[spoiler: really in love with Berlusconi, after all?]].
** What did Stella [[spoiler: do with the man in the sauna is up to speculation. This cast a different light in the scene with Berlusconi later. Is she really "innocent" and thrown in a world of pimps and sharks or is she embarassed of what she's done earlier?]]
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* AwesomeMusic: the soundtrack ranges from electro to classical and includes pop, indie, folk and even the real life Forza Italia Party official anthem, shot as a MTV Video.
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* WriteWhatYouKnow: even if Berlusconi is from Milan there are many homages to Naples and Neapolitan culture and tradition in the movie (both Servillo and Sorrentino are from Naples).
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* Expy: many, regarding the portrayal of the most controversial characters who have real life counterpart: Kira is Sabina Began, Fabrizio is Lele Mora, Morra is Giampaolo Tarentini, Santino Recchia has aspects of Sandro Bondi.
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* Expy: {{Expy}}: many, regarding the portrayal of the most controversial characters who have real life counterpart: Kira is Sabina Began, Fabrizio is Lele Mora, Morra is Giampaolo Tarentini, Santino Recchia has aspects of Sandro Bondi.
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* ActingForTwo: Servillo plays both Berlusconi and his banker (Ennio Doris) at the beginning of act 2.
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* StarMakingRole: while not being a a-list star, the movie put Alice Pagani (Stella) on the radar.
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Loro (Them, in Italian) is a 2018 movie in two parts by ProductionPosse Paolo Sorrentino (director) and Toni Servillo (main actor) about a moment (more or less 2 years but it’s unclear) in the tumultuous life of Silvio Berlusconi (never named directly). The title refers to all the businessmen, politicians, courtiers and fixers who gravitates the man himself and try to profit in his halo.
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Loro (Them, in Italian) is a 2018 movie in two parts by ProductionPosse Paolo Sorrentino (director) and Toni Servillo (main actor) about a moment (more or less 2 years but it’s unclear) in the tumultuous life of Silvio Berlusconi (never named directly).directly), Italy notorious former Prime Minister and media tycoon. The title refers to all the businessmen, politicians, courtiers and fixers who gravitates the man himself and try to profit in his halo.
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** a subtle one, during the party at the villa for some moments a piece of classical music his heard. That's Mozart the Marriage of Figaro, speaking about the nature of love.
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** a subtle one, during the party at the villa for some moments a piece of classical music his heard. That's Mozart the Marriage of Figaro, Theatre/TheMarriageOfFigaro, speaking about the nature of love.
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* VillainProtagonist: it’s hard to find any positive element in Sergio Morra behaviour and personality and it is the undoubted protagonist of Act 1. Regarding Berlusconi, YMMV
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* VillainProtagonist: it’s hard to find any positive element in Sergio Morra behaviour and personality and it he is the undoubted protagonist of Act 1. Regarding Berlusconi, YMMV
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Berlusconi is sincerely appreciated by his butler, by Ennio Doris (the banker at the beginning of Act 2) and Fedele Confalonieri, an old-time friend and now CEO of his companies with which he shares considerations about age and life and memories of their time together as singers on cruise ships when they were very young (it's true).
* CorruptPolitician: omnipresent. Since the first scene with the Taranto city councilman which is provided with an escort on a boat by Sergio Morra to Berlusconi and the senators he his literally buying with favors and money and escorts to have a vote of no confidence for the center left coalition, bribes are everywhere.
* CorruptPolitician: omnipresent. Since the first scene with the Taranto city councilman which is provided with an escort on a boat by Sergio Morra to Berlusconi and the senators he his literally buying with favors and money and escorts to have a vote of no confidence for the center left coalition, bribes are everywhere.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Berlusconi is sincerely appreciated by his butler, by Ennio Doris (the banker at the beginning of Act 2) and has a touching moment with Fedele Confalonieri, an old-time friend and now CEO of his companies with which he shares Berlusconi's companies. They share considerations about age and life and common memories of their time together as singers on cruise ships when they were very young (it's true).
TruthInTelevision).
* ConMan: Berlusconi big time. He is flamboyant, entertaining and utterly manipulative. There is a memorable scene at the beginning of Act 2 in which he call a random lady from a phone book and, posing as a real estate agent, sell her an apartment (which does not exist). He does that in order to boost his waning confidence, he doesn't actually sell the flat. His wife [[spoiler: accuses him of being no more than a con man when they argue at the end of the movie]].
* CorruptPolitician: omnipresent. Since the first scene with the Taranto city councilman which is provided with an escort on a boat by SergioMorra to Morra. Berlusconi and the senators he his literally buying buys senators with favors and favors, money and escorts to have them make a vote of no confidence for the center left coalition, bribes coalition. Bribes are everywhere.
* ConMan: Berlusconi big time. He is flamboyant, entertaining and utterly manipulative. There is a memorable scene at the beginning of Act 2 in which he call a random lady from a phone book and, posing as a real estate agent, sell her an apartment (which does not exist). He does that in order to boost his waning confidence, he doesn't actually sell the flat. His wife [[spoiler: accuses him of being no more than a con man when they argue at the end of the movie]].
* CorruptPolitician: omnipresent. Since the first scene with the Taranto city councilman which is provided with an escort on a boat by Sergio
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* ViewersAreGeniuses: a passing knowledge of Italian political machine helps the understanding of the movie.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: even if Sorrentino and Servillo don’t pull any punches and particularly in '''Act 1''' the representation of Berlusconi and his “court” are highly parodic, verging on grotesque, in '''Act 2''' we see Berlusconi more closely and it is a flawed man whose story mixes element of ridicule and of tragedy, faced with loneliness, the passage of time and the dynamics of power.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: what are we expected to take from the portrayal of Berlusconi? even if Sorrentino and Servillo don’t pull any punches and particularly in '''Act 1''' the representation of Berlusconi and his “court” are highly parodic, verging on grotesque, in '''Act 2''' we see Berlusconi more closely and it is a flawed man whose story mixes element of ridicule and of tragedy, faced with loneliness, the passage of time and the dynamics of power.
** is Kira [[spoiler: really in love with Berlusconi, after all?]].
** What did Stella [[spoiler: do with the man in the sauna is up to speculation. This cast a different light in the scene with Berlusconi later. Is she really "innocent" and thrown in a world of pimps and sharks or is she embarassed of what she's done earlier?]]
** is Kira [[spoiler: really in love with Berlusconi, after all?]].
** What did Stella [[spoiler: do with the man in the sauna is up to speculation. This cast a different light in the scene with Berlusconi later. Is she really "innocent" and thrown in a world of pimps and sharks or is she embarassed of what she's done earlier?]]
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* FemmeFatale: Kira apparently, [[spoiler: by the end of the second movie, she is as broken as the others as Berlusconi consider her nothing more than the other girl at his parties]].
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* FemmeFatale: Kira apparently, [[spoiler: by the end of the second movie, she is as broken as the others as Berlusconi consider her nothing more than one of the other girl girls at his parties]].
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** Veronica [[when arguing with Silvio]] mentions a well known movie by Italian comedy genius Toto.
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** Veronica [[when [[spoiler: when arguing with Silvio]] mentions a well known movie by Italian comedy genius Toto.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: zig-zagged, given the events depicted are only 10 years old (more or less) and almost all protagonists are alive and many still politically active the director use pseudonyms. The two exceptions are Mike Bongiorno (who died in 2009), Mariano Apicella, Berlusconi himself and Veronica, Berlusconi's wife, who is the very much real Veronica Lario.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: zig-zagged, given the events depicted are only 10 years old (more or less) and almost all protagonists are alive and many still politically active the director use pseudonyms. The two Among the exceptions are Mike Bongiorno (who died in 2009), Mariano Apicella, Berlusconi himself himself, Ennio Doris, Fedele Confalonieri and Veronica, Berlusconi's wife, who is the very much real Veronica Lario.
** as a rule of thumb, the more controversial portraits have their names changed.
** as a rule of thumb, the more controversial portraits have their names changed.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: even if Sorrentino and Servillo don’t pull any punches and particularly in '''Act 1''' the representation of Berlusconi and his “court” are highly parodic, verging on grotesque, in the '''Act 2''' we see Berlusconi more closely and we see a flawed man who mixes element of ridicule and of tragedy, faced with loneliness, the passage of time and the dynamics of power.
* AuthorTract: the long shot of firefighters extracting a Christ Statue from the rubble in the end is not dissimilar to the ending shot of The Great beauty, being a long, mute sequence without comment. There is also, like in every movie by Sorrentino, at least a pair of dancing parties with lots of people, dancers, music and drugs.
* AuthorTract: the long shot of firefighters extracting a Christ Statue from the rubble in the end is not dissimilar to the ending shot of The Great beauty, being a long, mute sequence without comment. There is also, like in every movie by Sorrentino, at least a pair of dancing parties with lots of people, dancers, music and drugs.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: even if Sorrentino and Servillo don’t pull any punches and particularly in '''Act 1''' the representation of Berlusconi and his “court” are highly parodic, verging on grotesque, in the '''Act 2''' we see Berlusconi more closely and we see it is a flawed man who whose story mixes element of ridicule and of tragedy, faced with loneliness, the passage of time and the dynamics of power.
* AuthorTract: the long shot of firefighters extracting a Christ Statue from the rubble in the end is not dissimilar to the ending shot of The Great beauty, being a long, mute sequence withoutcomment. There comment.
**There is also, like in every movie by Sorrentino, at least a pair of dancing parties with lots of people, dancers, music and drugs.
* AuthorTract: the long shot of firefighters extracting a Christ Statue from the rubble in the end is not dissimilar to the ending shot of The Great beauty, being a long, mute sequence without
**There is also, like in every movie by Sorrentino, at least a pair of dancing parties with lots of people, dancers, music and drugs.
* ShoutOut:
** a subtle one, during the party at the villa for some moments a piece of classical music his heard. That's Mozart the Marriage of Figaro, speaking about the nature of love.
** Veronica [[when arguing with Silvio]] mentions a well known movie by Italian comedy genius Toto.
** a subtle one, during the party at the villa for some moments a piece of classical music his heard. That's Mozart the Marriage of Figaro, speaking about the nature of love.
** Veronica [[when arguing with Silvio]] mentions a well known movie by Italian comedy genius Toto.
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* BittersweetEnding: Is the movie a ferocious critique of a power system who seems to revolve exclusively around bribes and escorts or it’s a study on a man who had everything and struggle to come to terms with his age and relative irrelevance and reacts with (pathetic) vitalism? In any case, for all his charade and renewed political power, Berlusconi ends the movie old and alone with the clear sense that his age has passed.
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* BittersweetEnding: Is the movie a ferocious critique of a power system who seems to revolve exclusively around bribes and escorts or it’s a study on a man who had everything and struggle to come to terms with his age and relative irrelevance and reacts with (pathetic) vitalism? In vitalism?
**In any case, for all his charade and renewed political power, Berlusconi ends the movie old and alone with the clear sense that his age has passed.
**In any case, for all his charade and renewed political power, Berlusconi ends the movie old and alone with the clear sense that his age has passed.
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* TheChessmaster: Berlusconi has traits of this in his manipulation of the Italian political scene.
* AffablyEvil: Berlusconi is always pleasant, has great manners and can be quite funny.
* BenevolentBoss: Berlusconi is loved by his butler. His wife, who is mad at him, acknowledge that he remembers the first names of all his numerous staff.
* DecadentCourt: Berlusconi's entourage is definitely portrayed as this.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: there are some liberties but many characters exist in real life: Noemi Letizia and her family, Veronica, Mariano Apicella, Mike Bongiorno, Fedele Confalonieri, Ennio Doris, Marinella.
* Expy: many, regarding the portrayal of the most controversial characters who have real life counterpart: Kira is Sabina Began, Fabrizio is Lele Mora, Morra is Giampaolo Tarentini, Santino Recchia has aspects of Sandro Bondi.
* AluminumChristmasTrees: many aspects have been collected by Sorrentino from first hand sources and some of the wildest details are true as the fake volcano, some of the parties, the carousel in the garden, Berlusconi who willingly miss a UN engagement in order to partecipate to a 18th birthday party. Berlusconi as a young man singed in an act on cruise ships too. RealityIsUnrealistic indeed.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Berlusconi is sincerely appreciated by his butler, by Ennio Doris (the banker at the beginning of Act 2) and Fedele Confalonieri, an old-time friend and now CEO of his companies with which he shares considerations about age and life and memories of their time together as singers on cruise ships when they were very young (it's true).
* CorruptPolitician: omnipresent. Since the first scene with the Taranto city councilman which is provided with an escort on a boat by Sergio Morra to Berlusconi and the senators he his literally buying with favors and money and escorts to have a vote of no confidence for the center left coalition, bribes are everywhere.
* SleazyPolitician: when they are not outright corrupt.
* ViewersAreGeniuses: a passing knowledge of Italian political machine helps the understanding of the movie.
* BenevolentBoss: Berlusconi is loved by his butler. His wife, who is mad at him, acknowledge that he remembers the first names of all his numerous staff.
* DecadentCourt: Berlusconi's entourage is definitely portrayed as this.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: there are some liberties but many characters exist in real life: Noemi Letizia and her family, Veronica, Mariano Apicella, Mike Bongiorno, Fedele Confalonieri, Ennio Doris, Marinella.
* Expy: many, regarding the portrayal of the most controversial characters who have real life counterpart: Kira is Sabina Began, Fabrizio is Lele Mora, Morra is Giampaolo Tarentini, Santino Recchia has aspects of Sandro Bondi.
* AluminumChristmasTrees: many aspects have been collected by Sorrentino from first hand sources and some of the wildest details are true as the fake volcano, some of the parties, the carousel in the garden, Berlusconi who willingly miss a UN engagement in order to partecipate to a 18th birthday party. Berlusconi as a young man singed in an act on cruise ships too. RealityIsUnrealistic indeed.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Berlusconi is sincerely appreciated by his butler, by Ennio Doris (the banker at the beginning of Act 2) and Fedele Confalonieri, an old-time friend and now CEO of his companies with which he shares considerations about age and life and memories of their time together as singers on cruise ships when they were very young (it's true).
* CorruptPolitician: omnipresent. Since the first scene with the Taranto city councilman which is provided with an escort on a boat by Sergio Morra to Berlusconi and the senators he his literally buying with favors and money and escorts to have a vote of no confidence for the center left coalition, bribes are everywhere.
* SleazyPolitician: when they are not outright corrupt.
* ViewersAreGeniuses: a passing knowledge of Italian political machine helps the understanding of the movie.
* MoodWhiplash: as often with Sorrentino, the movie goes from tragic to ridicule to satiric in a matter of minutes.
* PowerCorrupts: in spades, this is valid for Morra, Berlusconi, Recchia and maybe Kira.
* FemmeFatale: Kira apparently, [[spoiler: by the end of the second movie, she is as broken as the others as Berlusconi consider her nothing more than the other girl at his parties]].
* PowerCorrupts: in spades, this is valid for Morra, Berlusconi, Recchia and maybe Kira.
* FemmeFatale: Kira apparently, [[spoiler: by the end of the second movie, she is as broken as the others as Berlusconi consider her nothing more than the other girl at his parties]].
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* MayDecemberRomance: Berlusconi attempts unsuccessfully to romance Stella and it's implied there has been something with many young girls we see in the movie, like Kira. Berlusconi and Veronica may also count (he is in his 70s she is around 50).
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* MayDecemberRomance: Berlusconi attempts unsuccessfully to romance Stella and it's implied there has been something with many young girls we see in the movie, like Kira. Berlusconi and Veronica may also count (he is in his 70s she is around 50). Berlusconi and Noemi Letizia too.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: given the events depicted are only 10 years old (more or less) and almost all protagonists are alive and many still politically active the director use pseudonyms. The two exceptions are Mike Bongiorno (who died in 2009) and Veronica, Berlusconi wife, who is the very much real Veronica Lario.
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* AwesomeMusic: the soundtrack ranges from electro to classical and includes pop, indie, folk and even the real life Forza Italia Party official anthem, shot as a MTV Video.
* ButtMonkey: Mariano Apicella, the singer in Berlusconi's villa.
* ButtMonkey: Mariano Apicella, the singer in Berlusconi's villa.
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* StarMakingRole: while not being a a-list star, the movie put Alice Pagani (Stella) on the radar.
* WomanScorned: Veronica, learning of his husband many affairs. She's not happy about it.
* WomanScorned: Veronica, learning of his husband many affairs. She's not happy about it.
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Loro (Them, in Italian) is a 2018 movie in two parts by ProductionPosse Paolo Sorrentino (director) and Toni Servillo (main actor) about a moment (more or less 2 years but it’s unclear) in the tumultuous life of Silvio Berlusconi (never named directly). The title refers to all the businessmen, politicians, courtiers and fixers who gravitates and try to profit by being around the man himself and in his halo.
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Loro (Them, in Italian) is a 2018 movie in two parts by ProductionPosse Paolo Sorrentino (director) and Toni Servillo (main actor) about a moment (more or less 2 years but it’s unclear) in the tumultuous life of Silvio Berlusconi (never named directly). The title refers to all the businessmen, politicians, courtiers and fixers who gravitates and try to profit by being around the man himself and try to profit in his halo.
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* BittersweetEnding: Is the movie a ferocious critique of a power system who seems to revolve exclusively around bribes and escorts or it’s the tragic reaction of a man who had everything and struggle to come to terms with his age and relative irrelevance and reacts with (pathetic) vitalism? In any case, for all his charade and renewed political power, Berlusconi ends the movie old and alone with the clear sense that his age has passed.
* MayDecemberRomance: Berlusconi attempts unsuccessfully to romance Stella and it's implied with many young girls we see in the movie, like Kira. Berlusconi and Veronica may also count (he is in his 70s she is around 50).
* MayDecemberRomance: Berlusconi attempts unsuccessfully to romance Stella and it's implied with many young girls we see in the movie, like Kira. Berlusconi and Veronica may also count (he is in his 70s she is around 50).
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* BittersweetEnding: Is the movie a ferocious critique of a power system who seems to revolve exclusively around bribes and escorts or it’s the tragic reaction of a study on a man who had everything and struggle to come to terms with his age and relative irrelevance and reacts with (pathetic) vitalism? In any case, for all his charade and renewed political power, Berlusconi ends the movie old and alone with the clear sense that his age has passed.
* MayDecemberRomance: Berlusconi attempts unsuccessfully to romance Stella and it's implied there has been something with many young girls we see in the movie, like Kira. Berlusconi and Veronica may also count (he is in his 70s she is around 50).
* MayDecemberRomance: Berlusconi attempts unsuccessfully to romance Stella and it's implied there has been something with many young girls we see in the movie, like Kira. Berlusconi and Veronica may also count (he is in his 70s she is around 50).
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->"But what did you expect? To be able to be the richest man in the country, to be the prime minister and that everyone also loved you madly?"\\
-- '''Fedele Confalonieri, to Berlusconi'''
Loro (Them, in Italian) is a 2018 movie in two parts by ProductionPosse Paolo Sorrentino (director) and Toni Servillo (main actor) about a moment (more or less 2 years but it’s unclear) in the tumultuous life of Silvio Berlusconi (never named directly). The title refers to all the businessmen, politicians, courtiers and fixers who gravitates and try to profit by being around the man himself and in his halo.
'''Act 1''' centers around Sergio Morra (Riccardo Scamarcio) a small entrepreneur from Taranto, who attempts to make it big in Rome trying to grab some large public bid by bribing some politician. Having met Kira, who knows Berlusconi directly he rents a large summer villa in Sardinia across Berlusconi's property and hires numerous escorts trying to get his attention. In the meanwhile we see Berlusconi, no longer at the government nor involved in his companies, bored in his huge villa with his almost-estranged wife, trying to reconcile his failing marriage.
In '''Act 2''', Berlusconi is again at the center of the stage, as he tries to bribe some senators to bring down the center-left government in charge and go to new elections. As his wife go to Cambodia on a trip, he agrees to Sergio request to organize a party in his villa, but while the party is apparently a success, it leads to nothing for Sergio’s ambitions and Berlusconi is only interested in a very young girl, Stella, that doesn’t reciprocate his attention.
Berlusconi is again prime minister and has to deal with the aftermath of L’Aquila earthquake and an increasingly unstable coalition, as more details of his dissoluted lifestyle come to light and he is faced with increasingly unbearable political scandals. When his wife comes back from Cambodia she asks for a divorce. The movie ends with a long sequence of firefighters in L’Aquila recovering a huge statue of Jesus after a night’s work.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: given the events depicted are only 10 years old (more or less) and almost all protagonists are alive and many still politically active the director use pseudonyms. The two exceptions are Mike Bongiorno (who died in 2009) and Veronica, Berlusconi wife, who is the very much real Veronica Lario.
* ProductionPosse: Paolo Sorrentino works again with Toni Servillo after Film/TheGreatBeauty, Film/IlDivo.
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: even if Sorrentino and Servillo don’t pull any punches and particularly in '''Act 1''' the representation of Berlusconi and his “court” are highly parodic, verging on grotesque, in the '''Act 2''' we see Berlusconi more closely and we see a flawed man who mixes element of ridicule and of tragedy, faced with loneliness, the passage of time and the dynamics of power.
* AuthorTract: the long shot of firefighters extracting a Christ Statue from the rubble in the end is not dissimilar to the ending shot of The Great beauty, being a long, mute sequence without comment. There is also, like in every movie by Sorrentino, at least a pair of dancing parties with lots of people, dancers, music and drugs.
* WriteWhatYouKnow: even if Berlusconi is from Milan there are many homages to Naples and Neapolitan culture and tradition in the movie (both Servillo and Sorrentino are from Naples).
* AsHimself: Fabio Concato, the singer at the end of Act 1.
* VillainProtagonist: it’s hard to find any positive element in Sergio Morra behaviour and personality and it is the undoubted protagonist of Act 1. Regarding Berlusconi, YMMV
* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: It's difficult to feel involved in Sergio Morra's arc and eventual downfall, as it has no redeeming qualities whatsoever and it's constantly manipulative, exploitative and at best self-serving. in Act 2, Berlusconi is much more of a tragic character, however many of his acts can be despicable.
* AdaptationDistillation: some of the characters, especially in Berlusconi coalition, combine aspects of many more real life politicians. The same can be said about the girls.
* RuleOfSymbolism: as per Sorrentino, that is to be expected. Just to name a few, the lamb dying in Berlusconi villa, the ending with the Jesus statue, the fake volcano.
* TurnOfTheMillennium: the movie precise setting is unclear but we can infer that it's set between 2007 and 2009 (L'Aquila earthquake happened in April 2009).
* AnimalMotifs: as in Film/TheGreatBeauty there were flamingos, here we have a rat in the streets of Rome and the lamb in Berlusconi mansion. Take that as you will.
* BrickJoke: multiple times Berlusconi speaks about a fake volcano in his garden, but nobody is interested in seeing it in action, at the end of '''Act 2''' he activates it while alone. It's a sad counterpoint to his character arc.
* ConsummateLiar: Berlusconi on many many occasions try to "spin" the truth. He outright states at the beginning of the movie to his nephew (after having stepped on a shit in the garden) that "You have learned that a truth is the fruit of the tone and conviction with which we affirm it".
* ActingForTwo: Servillo plays both Berlusconi and his banker (Ennio Doris) at the beginning of act 2.
* BittersweetEnding: Is the movie a ferocious critique of a power system who seems to revolve exclusively around bribes and escorts or it’s the tragic reaction of a man who had everything and struggle to come to terms with his age and relative irrelevance and reacts with (pathetic) vitalism? In any case, for all his charade and renewed political power, Berlusconi ends the movie old and alone with the clear sense that his age has passed.
* MayDecemberRomance: Berlusconi attempts unsuccessfully to romance Stella and it's implied with many young girls we see in the movie, like Kira. Berlusconi and Veronica may also count (he is in his 70s she is around 50).
-- '''Fedele Confalonieri, to Berlusconi'''
Loro (Them, in Italian) is a 2018 movie in two parts by ProductionPosse Paolo Sorrentino (director) and Toni Servillo (main actor) about a moment (more or less 2 years but it’s unclear) in the tumultuous life of Silvio Berlusconi (never named directly). The title refers to all the businessmen, politicians, courtiers and fixers who gravitates and try to profit by being around the man himself and in his halo.
'''Act 1''' centers around Sergio Morra (Riccardo Scamarcio) a small entrepreneur from Taranto, who attempts to make it big in Rome trying to grab some large public bid by bribing some politician. Having met Kira, who knows Berlusconi directly he rents a large summer villa in Sardinia across Berlusconi's property and hires numerous escorts trying to get his attention. In the meanwhile we see Berlusconi, no longer at the government nor involved in his companies, bored in his huge villa with his almost-estranged wife, trying to reconcile his failing marriage.
In '''Act 2''', Berlusconi is again at the center of the stage, as he tries to bribe some senators to bring down the center-left government in charge and go to new elections. As his wife go to Cambodia on a trip, he agrees to Sergio request to organize a party in his villa, but while the party is apparently a success, it leads to nothing for Sergio’s ambitions and Berlusconi is only interested in a very young girl, Stella, that doesn’t reciprocate his attention.
Berlusconi is again prime minister and has to deal with the aftermath of L’Aquila earthquake and an increasingly unstable coalition, as more details of his dissoluted lifestyle come to light and he is faced with increasingly unbearable political scandals. When his wife comes back from Cambodia she asks for a divorce. The movie ends with a long sequence of firefighters in L’Aquila recovering a huge statue of Jesus after a night’s work.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: given the events depicted are only 10 years old (more or less) and almost all protagonists are alive and many still politically active the director use pseudonyms. The two exceptions are Mike Bongiorno (who died in 2009) and Veronica, Berlusconi wife, who is the very much real Veronica Lario.
* ProductionPosse: Paolo Sorrentino works again with Toni Servillo after Film/TheGreatBeauty, Film/IlDivo.
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: even if Sorrentino and Servillo don’t pull any punches and particularly in '''Act 1''' the representation of Berlusconi and his “court” are highly parodic, verging on grotesque, in the '''Act 2''' we see Berlusconi more closely and we see a flawed man who mixes element of ridicule and of tragedy, faced with loneliness, the passage of time and the dynamics of power.
* AuthorTract: the long shot of firefighters extracting a Christ Statue from the rubble in the end is not dissimilar to the ending shot of The Great beauty, being a long, mute sequence without comment. There is also, like in every movie by Sorrentino, at least a pair of dancing parties with lots of people, dancers, music and drugs.
* WriteWhatYouKnow: even if Berlusconi is from Milan there are many homages to Naples and Neapolitan culture and tradition in the movie (both Servillo and Sorrentino are from Naples).
* AsHimself: Fabio Concato, the singer at the end of Act 1.
* VillainProtagonist: it’s hard to find any positive element in Sergio Morra behaviour and personality and it is the undoubted protagonist of Act 1. Regarding Berlusconi, YMMV
* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: It's difficult to feel involved in Sergio Morra's arc and eventual downfall, as it has no redeeming qualities whatsoever and it's constantly manipulative, exploitative and at best self-serving. in Act 2, Berlusconi is much more of a tragic character, however many of his acts can be despicable.
* AdaptationDistillation: some of the characters, especially in Berlusconi coalition, combine aspects of many more real life politicians. The same can be said about the girls.
* RuleOfSymbolism: as per Sorrentino, that is to be expected. Just to name a few, the lamb dying in Berlusconi villa, the ending with the Jesus statue, the fake volcano.
* TurnOfTheMillennium: the movie precise setting is unclear but we can infer that it's set between 2007 and 2009 (L'Aquila earthquake happened in April 2009).
* AnimalMotifs: as in Film/TheGreatBeauty there were flamingos, here we have a rat in the streets of Rome and the lamb in Berlusconi mansion. Take that as you will.
* BrickJoke: multiple times Berlusconi speaks about a fake volcano in his garden, but nobody is interested in seeing it in action, at the end of '''Act 2''' he activates it while alone. It's a sad counterpoint to his character arc.
* ConsummateLiar: Berlusconi on many many occasions try to "spin" the truth. He outright states at the beginning of the movie to his nephew (after having stepped on a shit in the garden) that "You have learned that a truth is the fruit of the tone and conviction with which we affirm it".
* ActingForTwo: Servillo plays both Berlusconi and his banker (Ennio Doris) at the beginning of act 2.
* BittersweetEnding: Is the movie a ferocious critique of a power system who seems to revolve exclusively around bribes and escorts or it’s the tragic reaction of a man who had everything and struggle to come to terms with his age and relative irrelevance and reacts with (pathetic) vitalism? In any case, for all his charade and renewed political power, Berlusconi ends the movie old and alone with the clear sense that his age has passed.
* MayDecemberRomance: Berlusconi attempts unsuccessfully to romance Stella and it's implied with many young girls we see in the movie, like Kira. Berlusconi and Veronica may also count (he is in his 70s she is around 50).
