Videocracy

“The Shame of Europe”

In a country where bella figura is a national pastime, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is the maestro of media manipulation. Having risen to political primacy with the aid of his Mediaset empire, he now controls 90% of the bel paese’s television channels including the state-run RAI network. Quantity, it seems, does not equal quality. Fed on a diet of semi-naked dancing girls, inane competitions and rickety reality shows built around the most ridiculous of premises, is it any wonder that Italians are becoming a nation of fame-hungry wannabes?

Director

Erik Gandini

Screenplay

Erik Gandini

Music

Krister Linder

Music

David Österberg

Status

Released

Release date

28/08/2009

Original language

Italian

Budget

US$ 1 M

Box office

US$ 1 M