Viva Zapatero!
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Viva Zapatero! | |
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Directed by | Sabina Guzzanti |
Written by | Sabina Guzzanti |
Produced by | Andrea Occhipinti, Sabina Guzzanti |
Starring | Sabina Guzzanti |
Cinematography | Paolo Santolini |
Edited by | Clelio Benevento |
Music by | Riccardo Giagni |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 min |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
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.
Origin
Viva Zapatero! is titled after the famous "Viva Zapata!" and it also refers to the then Spanish Prime minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, who, immediately after gaining power in Spain in April 2004, ensured that the head of the state-run public broadcaster would no longer be a political appointee[citation needed][1] (as opposed to Italy).
Story
The TV broadcasting of the satirical program RAIot was censored in November 2003 after the comedian, Sabina Guzzanti, made outspoken criticism of the Berlusconi media empire.
In August 2005, it was the sleeper hit of the
Awards
Official Selection – Sundance Film Festival 2006
Official Selection –
See also
References
- ^ Díez, Anabel (2004-02-03). "Zapatero elige un 'comité de sabios' para diseñar el modelo de televisión pública". El País. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
External links
- Official site
- Viva Zapatero! at IMDb
- Viva Zapatero!
- 'Viva Zapatero' and Italian Censorship A film about free speech and the state of the Italian media
- Filmmakers bugged about Berlusconi
- Viva Zapatero! – Towards a new type of information in Italy?
- european-films.net review written by Boyd van Hoeij
- Movie Night: Viva Zapatero
- Viva Zapatero! (2005)