Giulio Andreotti
"The Price of Power"
The human being, the most intimate, unknown, and personal part that hides behind one of the most important Italian politicians.
Giulio Andreotti, seven times Prime Minister, minister in countless governments, central figure of the First Republic for almost half a century. But who is the man behind the inscrutable mask? What hides behind that enigmatic smile, those cutting quips, that unmistakable posture?
In this film biography Andreotti speaks of his Roman childhood, of the love for his family, of the period when he was Undersecretary to the Prime Minister under De Gasperi, of his activity as censor of Italian cinema in the 1960s—when he decided which films could be seen and which could not—up to his grandiose and controversial political career.
It is the first time he confides before Donatella Baglivo’s camera. A unique historical document: the “Divo” who tells his story without institutional filters, revealing the man behind the power.
Giulio Andreotti left us in 2013, at 94 years old. This portrait remains an unrepeatable testimony.
Written and directed by: Donatella Baglivo
Executive producer: Jonathan Zonin
Director of photography: Elio Bisignani
Camera operator: Gianni Bramucci
Assistant camera operator: Noé Pernía Peñalver
Sound technician: Ivan La Rosa
Editing and audio mixer: Maurizio Vultaggio
Original music: Pietro Grignani, Giuseppe Gandolfo
Historical archive supervisor: Kemal Tugal
Post-production: CIAK 2000 S.r.l.
Music publishing: CIAK 2000
Production: CIAK 2000 S.r.l.
Series: The Greats of the Twentieth Century
Copyright: 2008
