Film

Videocracy

2009 · 1h 25m · Documentary

The Shame of Europe

IMDb

6.5

Rotten Tomatoes

67%

Metacritic

60

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?

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

• Erik GandiniDirector · Writer

Videocracy - Trailer

Release date

August 28, 2009

Status

Released

Original language

Italian

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

NR

Budget

$700,000

Revenue

$1,179,676

Genres

Documentary

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