LONDON, England (CNN) -- A man walks around the side of a building, footsteps falling in time to the heartbeat of a driving pop soundtrack, pulls out a pistol and guns down another man. Tony Servillo as arch-manipulator and seven time Italian Prime Minister, Guilio Andreotti, in Paolo Sorrentino's "Il Divo." A montage of grisly murders follows, all with the same infectious pop song pounding in the background. It's edge-of-the-seat stuff and it's only the opening sequence of gifted Italian director Paolo Sorrentino's biopic of Italian politician Giulio Andreotti, "Il Divo." Sorrentino's film chronicles the career of probably the most important and controversial politico in Italy's recent history.
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Paolo Sorrentino's "Il Divo" chronicles the career of Italian politician Guilio Andreotti
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Seven time Prime Minister was implicated in 1990s political corruption scandal
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Film is a psychological study of man who has fascinated Italy for years
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Sorrentino found it hard to fund the film because people were scared of Andreotti
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