Le Conseguenze dell'Amore was the best film I saw in 2004. Not only a great film, but uniquely for an Italian movie, it also has an exceedingly
good soundtrack.
Il Divo (also directed by Sorrentino and starring Servillo) relates the story of Giulio Andreotti Italian premier for multiple short periods,
on whose watch many key 'strategy of tension' events occurred. He would eventually be investigated but ultimately cleared of any criminal association
during/after the Tangentopoli scandal.
His involvement - or otherwise - in mafia doings is not shied away from in this film however. Equally, Andreotti is portrayed as an ordinary yet highly
intelligent man of the people who looks after his sometimes impoverished consitituents.
One of the most interesting scenes of the film is the former premier's soliloquy in which the strategia della tensione is renamed
the 'strategy of survival', with the ex-premier pleading that certain evil acts were necessary for the greater long-term good, that is the isolation
of extremist elements the promotion of reasonable, centrist parties.
The film is quite inventive and visually impressive. Some brief background reading recommended in order to understand the subject matter better.
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