Loro (2018)
Film details
Drama · Paolo Sorrentino · 2h 30min
Synopsis
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.
Verdict
Satirical portrait of Berlusconi's political and moral decadence. Explicit adult content.
In-depth analysis
Paolo Sorrentino crafts a stylized satire about Silvio Berlusconi's hedonistic universe at his moment of greatest political fragility. The film is not a journalistic documentary but a cinematic portrait that uses visual exuberance and narrative excess as a critical mirror of corrupt power. The atmosphere of parties, objectified women, and excessive luxury is not presented as aspirational — the tone is deliberately grotesque, almost operatic. However, Sorrentino's characteristic aesthetic ambiguity demands maturity from the viewer: there are no explicit moral sermons, but a stark exposition of decadence. The sexual content is intense and frequent, with scenes that show the instrumental use of women as currency of power. The language is adult and crude. The film functions as a character study on the corruption of the soul by absolute power, but its explicit content makes it categorically unsuitable for minors and requires discerning judgment in adults. Not recommended for families.