Internationally released Director's Cut of "Loro 1" and "Loro 2", which were released separately as two movies in Italy. The film talks about the group of businessmen and politicians – the Loro (Them) from the title – who live and act near to media tycoon and politician Silvio Berlusconi in the years between 2006 and 2009.
Direction
Sorrentino's maximalist eye makes sleaze look like Renaissance art.
Acting
Toni Servillo disappears into Berlusconi's desperate grin.
Cinematography
Every frame could hang in a museum of moral decay.
Director
Paolo Sorrentino
Toni Servillo
Silvio Berlusconi / Ennio Doris
Elena Sofia Ricci
Veronica Lario
Riccardo Scamarcio
Sergio Morra
Kasia Smutniak
Kira
Euridice Axén
Tamara
Fabrizio Bentivoglio
Santino Recchia
Roberto De Francesco
Fabrizio Sala
Dario Cantarelli
Paolo Spagnolo
Anna Bonaiuto
Cupa Caiafa
Giovanni Esposito
Mariano Apicella
Ugo Pagliai
Mike Bongiorno
Ricky Memphis
Riccardo Pasta
Duccio Camerini
Rocco Barbaro
Yann Gael
Michel Martinez
Lorenzo Gioielli
Senatore Valori
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Originally released as two separate films in Italy; international cut merges them with 20 minutes removed.
The 'bunga bunga' parties depicted were real phenomena that dominated Italian media and eventually criminal trials.
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