This film tells the story of the earthquake that destroyed much of one of Italy's 20 "cities of art" and the cynical, exploitative use of this by Silvio Berlusconi to prop up his sagging popularity. Nobody knows this story in the US or outside of Italy as far as I can tell: it's a mixture of tragedy and real estate development of a kind that explains quite a bit about life in a lot of wealthy countries today. It's very deft - the director is a subtler, much less intrusive version of Michael Moore who is telling a great story of modern Italy and of modern rulers in general. She's quite a well known comedian in Italy, the director of "Viva Zapatero," another classic exposé of power in modern Italy, really a remarkable expression of how the Italian people bounce back no matter how awful their governments. This film is not to be missed!
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It couldn't exist movies like this
nicola-orofino31 May 2010
This documentary is certainly a political title, and shows all the cares of a prime minister to take advantage of any contingency to reconquest consents. The director describes us the abuses committed by Civil Protection to keep up appearances that everyone is helped, showing as Police keeps away people who don't applaud the provisions. Access to the destroyed city are forbidden but no one can explain why or from which Autority and which law, and each order is settled justifying it by State of Emergency. It's very involved to look on pain of earthquake victims and on the other side to look on predisposition of planes to achieve popularity and gratefulness. I really think it could not exist movies like this...
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