Il Divo

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Overview

Italy, early '90s. Calm, clever and inscrutable, politician Giulio Andreotti has been synonymous with power for decades. He has survived everything: electoral battles, terrorist massacres, loss of friends, slanderous accusations; but now certain repentant mobsters implicate him in the crimes of Cosa Nostra.


Genres


General Information

Release Date: 2008-05-28
Budget: $7275000
Revenue: $11260366
Runtime: 113 min


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