Loro

"The Film Is A Meditation on Reality And Illusion… A Fascinating Look at An Ageing Demagogue"

Little White Lies
  • Archive - Festival 34
  • Director: Paolo Sorrentino
  • Italy, France 2018
  • 150 minutes
  • Italian
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

Paolo Sorrentino skewers Italian politics in this satirical, profane, and imaginative fictionalization of controversial Italian tycoon and politician Silvio Berlusconi and his inner circle.

Loro comes to Haifa directly from its world premiere in the Toronto Festival. The film is a character study driven by a mix of horror and fascination, an attempt to hang onto the known facts of the Italian media magnate and political leader’s passions, phobias and peccadillos, the story of a sad and lonely man.


  • Director Paolo Sorrentino
  • Production Carlotta Carlori, Francesca Cima, Nicola Giiuliano, Viola Prestieri, Ardavan Safaee, Muriel Sauzay, Jérôme Seydoux
  • Script Paolo Sorrentino, Umberto Contarello
  • Cinematography Luca Bigazzi
  • Editing Cristiano Travaglioli
  • Music Lele Marchitelli
  • Festivals Toronto
  • Actors Toni Servillo, Riccardo Scamarcio, Euridice Axen, Elena Sofia Ricci, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Kasia Smutniak
  • Source Lev Films and Cinemas Ltd.