In Italy, for the last 30 years, image has been controlled by a single man. The president and tycoon Silvio Berlusconi has wielded an influence over the country’s commercial television never seen before in Italy. Its channels, with its skimpily-clad young girls, are seen by many as a mirror of his own taste and personality. In this documentary, the Italian Erik Gandini portrays the consequences of the television experiment suffered by this trans-alpine country in the last three decades, worming its way into the most powerful media spheres in the nation. An unusual tale born from the terrifying reality of Italy’s “TV-republic”.
Año: | 2009 |
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Origen: | Suecia, Dinamarca, Reino Unido, Finlandia |
Dirección: | Erik Gandini |
Ayudante de dirección: | Iacopo Patierno |
Producción: | Erik Gandini, Kristina Åberg, Mikael Olsen, Axel Arnö, Ann-Louice Dahlgren / ATMO, Zentropa Entertainment 7, SVT Swedish Television |
Guión: | Erik Gandini |
Fotografía: | Manuel Alberto Claro, Lukas Eisenhauer |
Montaje: | Johan Söderberg |
Duración: | 85 min. |
Contacto: | Swedish Film Institute |
Teléfono: | 46 8 665 11 41 |
E-mail: | sara.ruster@sfi.se |
Festival de Toronto (2009): Mejor Documental