Synopsis
Loro uses glimpses or insights of a mixed group of characters to outline a historical moment that has completely ended and, in a very synthetic depiction, could be defined as amoral and decadent, but extraordinarily dynamic.
Loro also aspires to tell the story of some Italians, at the same time both new and ancient. Souls of an imaginary and modern purgatory that establish, on the basis of varying motivations such as ambition, admiration, falling in love, interests and personal advantage, to try to revolve around a sort of paradise in flesh and blood: a man named Silvio Berlusconi.
In my eyes, these Italians represent a contradiction: they are predictable but indecipherable. A contradiction that is a mystery. Our own mystery that the film tries to deal with without making judgments. Moved only by a desire to understand, and adopting a tone that is rightly considered revolutionary today. A tone of tenderness.
But here comes another Italian. Silvio Berlusconi. As I imagined ...
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (22)
Production and distribution (6)
- Executive Producer : Pathé Production
- Co-productions : Pathé Films, France 2 Cinéma
- Foreign production company : Indigo Film
- Film exports/foreign sales : Pathé Films
- French distribution : Pathé Films
- News agency (France) : Hopscotch Cinéma (ex-Le Public System Cinéma)
Full credits (13)
- Screenwriters : Paolo Sorrentino, Umberto Contarello
- Director of Photography : Luca Bigazzi
- Music Composer : Lele Marchitelli
- Assistant Director : Davide Bertoni
- Editor : Cristiano Travaglioli
- Sound Recordist : Emanuele Cecere
- Costume designer : Carlo Poggioli
- Foreign producers : Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima, Carlotta Calori, Viola Prestieri
- Co-producers : Jérôme Seydoux, Ardavan Safaee, Muriel Sauzay
- Press Attachés (film) : Alexis Delage-Toriel, Aïda Belloulid
- Sound editor : Silvia Moraes
- Production Designer : Stefania Cella
- Casting : Annamaria Sambucco
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Biopic, Drama, Portrait
- Themes : Politics
- Production language : Italian
- Coproducer countries : Italy (50.0%), France (50.0%)