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Il Divo 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 a 2010 Oscar in the Makeup category.
As the film opens, Guilio Andreotti gives an inner monologue observing how he has managed to survive his tumultuous political career while his various detractors have died. A montage shows the murders of various people connected to Andreotti, including journalist Mino Pecorelli, Carabinieri general Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, bankers Michele Sindona and Roberto Calvi, and former prime minister Aldo Moro.
The story of Giulio Andreotti, a seven-time prime minister of Italy notorious for his alleged ties to the Mafia. The narration spans the period from Andreotti's seventh election in 1992, to his failed bid for the presidency of the Italian Republic, to the Tangentopoli bribe scandal, until his trial in 1995.
Actors: Riccardo Garrone (actor), Marcello Mastroianni (actor), Mino Doro (actor), Giuseppe Addobbati (actor), Enrico Glori (actor), Franco Giacobini (actor), Enzo Doria (actor), Adriano Celentano (actor), Gianni Baghino (actor), Enzo Cerusico (actor), Ignazio Balsamo (actor), Alain Cuny (actor), Lex Barker (actor), Umberto Orsini (actor), Gianfranco Mingozzi (actor),
Plot: Journalist and man-about-town Marcello struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.
Keywords: actress, alienation, aristocrat, author, balcony, balloon, basilica, beach, black-dress, black-strapless-dressActors: Silvio Bagolini (actor), Nerio Bernardi (actor), Enzo Biliotti (actor), Guido Celano (actor), Lamberto Picasso (actor), Aldo Pini (actor), Michele Riccardini (actor), Domenico Serra (actor), Claudio Ermelli (actor), Armando Migliari (actor), Maurizio D'Ancora (actor), Lia Orlandini (actress), Clelia Bernacchi (actress), Giulio Tempesti (actor), Vera Bergman (actress),
Genres: ,I met you just tonight
but i keep wonderin why
it seem's i've always known you all my life
I've held you only once
but i keep wonderin why
it seem's i've held you forever
Can it be true
Could i be wrong
that somewhere in my past
i fell in love with you
can it be true
could i be wrong
that somewhere in my past
there was also me and you
i kissed you only once
but i keep wonderin why
it seem's i've kissed your lips so many times
i know your only now
but i keep wonderin why
it seem's i've known you forever
oh yeah
ah-ha
I love you only now
but I keep wonderin why
it seems i've loved you forever
somewhere...
there was you and i...