Videocracy
The Shame of Europe
2009 | 85m | Italian
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Erik Gandini |
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| Writer: | Erik Gandini |
| Staring: |
| 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? | |
| Release Date: | Aug 28, 2009 |
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| Director: | Erik Gandini |
| Writer: | Erik Gandini |
| Genres: | Documentary |
| Keywords | resistance |
| Production Companies | Zentropa Entertainments, Det Danske Filminstitut, DR, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Svenska Filminstitutet, SVT, Atmo Media Network, BBC Storyville |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $1,179,676
Budget: $700,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 07, 2026 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Silvio Berlusconi | Silvio Berlusconi |
| Flavio Briatore | Flavio Briatore |
| Fabrizio Corona | Fabrizio Corona |
| Lele Mora | Lele Mora |
| Simona Ventura | Simona Ventura |
| Marella Giovannelli | Marella Giovannelli |
| Rick Canelli | Rick Canelli |
| Name | Job |
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| Erik Gandini | Writer, Director |
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| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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