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In 2009, at a time when Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's popularity was rapidly declining, the Italian town of Aquila suffered a devastating earthquake, which buried hundreds of people and left many thousands more people homeless. The Italian premier immediately seized this opportunity, and endeavoured to convince those living on the Apennine peninsula that they had a capable man at the helm by making frequent visits to the stricken city and launching an ambitious rebuilding project with a large dose of populist rhetoric. However, the director of this sarcastic and very funny film Sabina Guzzanti comes to a completely different conclusion about the Italian leader. Among other things, on the basis of a detective-style investigation into the entire case, she discovers the extent to which Berlusconi has been linked to the mafia-controlled construction industry since the start of his career. She also uncovers how his lawyers discreetly rewrite the country's laws, and she reveals the huge disparity between the Italian prime minister's media image and his actual activities, laden with corruption and countless scandals. With occasional biting humour, the director uses comic-book images and police wiretaps in a number of ironic montages to paint an unflattering portrait of her country's leader. The fact that the Italian culture minister boycotted the movie's premiere at Cannes shows that it hit home. (One World)
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Three reasons why our fellow countrymen should see Draquila - Italy Trembles: 1. A clear and factual cover-up of how democracy can serve as a front for totalitarianism (Berlusconism), 2. A model demonstration of how easy and unproblematic it is for some (numerous) individuals to exist in an apparently normalized society, 3. Technically brilliantly crafted, lively, with excellent musical undertone and an exclusive camera... Sabina Guzzanti did a great job, and anyone who thinks it's about "just those crazy Italians" should look around from time to time. The illusion of "cheap freedom for all at a price" can easily serve as a veil of vulgar and populist manipulation, behind which stands lawbreaking and the world of crime. I am under no illusion that there are no such locally diminished political miracles to be found in the Czech Republic.
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