Viva Zapatero!

"For Posterity: That Freedom we had once ...we took back by ourselves."

2005 1h 20m IT

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★6.9TMDB · 23🍅86%Rotten Tomatoes★7.1IMDB · 943

Documentary

Synopsis

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Viva Zapatero! is a 2005 documentary by Sabina Guzzanti telling her side of the story regarding the conflict with Silvio Berlusconi over a late-night TV political satire show broadcast on RAI-3. The show, RAIot (a play on the name of the Italian state public TV: RAI, and the English word riot), lampooned prime minister Berlusconi. Since it wasn't considered a satirical show, but a political one, it was cancelled after the first episode.

“For Posterity: That Freedom we had once ...we took back by ourselves.”

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Cast

Rory Bremner
Tony Blair / Self
Sabina Guzzanti
Self / Silvio Berlusconi / Lucia Annunziata
Dario Fo
Self
Enzo Biagi
Self
Silvio Berlusconi
Self (archive footage)
Michele Santoro
Self
Daniele Luttazzi
Self
Marco Travaglio
Self

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Sabina Guzzanti
Writers: Sabina Guzzanti
Languages: Italian, English, German, Dutch, French
Countries: Italy

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RUNTIME

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80 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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Released 21 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 5 languages: Italian, English, German, Dutch, French.

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CAST

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Rory Bremner and Sabina Guzzanti and Dario Fo carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "For Posterity: That Freedom we had once ...we took back by ourselves.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0482633 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 23 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Sabina Guzzanti directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Italy. Dialogue in Italian, English, German, Dutch, French.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

180 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 21 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 5 languages: Italian, English, German, Dutch, French.
4Rory Bremner and Sabina Guzzanti and Dario Fo carry the top of the cast.
5Marketing tagline: "For Posterity: That Freedom we had once ...we took back by ourselves.".
6IMDB entry: tt0482633 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 23 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
8Classified under 8 themes, including "press freedom", "woman director", "berlusconi", "autocracy".