Rent Loro (2019)
3.1 of 5 from 187 ratings
2h 31min
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- Synopsis:
- Master filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino (Youth, The Great Beauty) teams up once again with longtime collaborator Toni Servillo (II Divo) to reveal the scandalous and, until now, unseen private life of Italy's most infamous politician, Silvio Berlusconi. Told from the point of view of a corrupt pimp, 'Loro' depicts a world of unbridled hedonism and greed for power with a wickedly satirical sting. Biopics don't come more unauthorised than this!
- Actors:
- Toni Servillo, Elena Sofia Ricci, Riccardo Scamarcio, Kasia Smutniak, Euridice Axen, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Roberto De Francesco, Dario Cantarelli, Anna Bonaiuto, Giovanni Esposito, Ugo Pagliai, Ricky Memphis, Duccio Camerini, Yann Gael, Alice Pagani, Caroline Tillette, Iaia Forte, Michela Cescon, Roberto Herlitzka, Fabio Concato
- Directors:
- Paolo Sorrentino
- Producers:
- Carlotta Calori, Francesca Cima, Nicola Giuliano, Viola Prestieri
- Writers:
- Paolo Sorrentino, Umberto Contarello
- Aka:
- Loro 1
- Studio:
- Curzon / Artificial Eye
- Genres:
- Comedy, Drama
- Countries:
- Italy
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 24/06/2019
- Run Time:
- 151 minutes
- Languages:
- Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Italian LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Trailer
- Loro: Fragments from Filming
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Reviews (5) of Loro
Brilliant - Loro review by IG
If you liked The Great Beauty this will be right up your street. We found this film informative, offensive, outrageous, but, above all very watchable and extremely amusing. Power corrupts and absolute power in the main gets away with it, with a cast of in the main part willing volunteers. Toni Servillo is impressive and even when his character is being essentially quite ruthless and manipulative, he still amuses.
2 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
Totally assured film-making. - Loro review by TE
This film deserves 10 stars let alone 5! A fascinating satirical take-down of Silvio Berlusconi, in which the satire is administered via both a velvet glove and a sledgehammer.
As with The Great Beauty, the filming is simply gorgeous. Every frame is like a beautiful still composition in itself.
The sets are sumptuous, and the soundtrack lives up to Sorrentino's reputation for being the world's best director of sound and image.
The clinching brilliance in Loro is the way in which Sorrentino reveals Berlusconi as a prototype for Donald Trump, in background, in personality, in megalomania, and in sleaze.
This is Sorrentino back at the top of his game.
2 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
Great fun, and gorgeous to watch - Loro review by BW
A (female) reviewer complained that this film catered exclusively for the male gaze - well, I'm male so that's a plus for me. It's my favourite Sorrentino film, and I suppose the girls are partly responsible - beautifully shot, stunningly beautiful, topless, and enjoying each other's company. I just can't imagine any Brit or American filmmaker making those 'girly' sequences anything like this stylishly. In fact, nowadays they wouldn't even dare try. You've got to hand it to the Italians. I just wish you could get hold of the longer version which was released as two films in Italian cinemas.
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