{"id":6188,"date":"2009-07-27T02:25:37","date_gmt":"2009-07-27T01:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=6188"},"modified":"2009-07-27T23:22:04","modified_gmt":"2009-07-27T22:22:04","slug":"uk-dvd-releases-monday-27th-july-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2009\/07\/27\/uk-dvd-releases-monday-27th-july-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"UK DVD Releases: Monday 27th July 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Il Divo<\/a><\/strong> (Artificial Eye): A stunning biopic\u00a0that\u00a0explores the extraordinary career of former Italian prime minister\u00a0Giulio Andreotti<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Spanning the period since the seventh election of Andreotti (brilliantly played by\u00a0Toni Servillo<\/a>)\u00a0as\u00a0Prime Minister of Italy<\/a> in 1992, until the trial in which he was accused of collusion with the\u00a0Mafia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It was a firm favourite on the festival circuit in the past year and was nominated for the\u00a0Palme D’Or<\/a> at the\u00a0Cannes Film Festival<\/a> in 2008, where it won the\u00a0Prix du Jury<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Although at times the action moves so fast that you need a PhD in modern Italian politics, it is brilliantly shot and edited, features a colossal central performance by Servillo and is directed with real panache by\u00a0Paolo Sorrentino<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Easily one of the best films to be released in the UK this year, it fully deserved all the\u00a0critical acclaim<\/a> showered on it.<\/p>\n

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