Bye Bye Berlusconi [DVD]

In a fictional country, but easily identifiable by viewers, something important is about to happen. Its president, also fictional and equally identifiable, is going to suffer a strange kidnapping that will possibly separate him from public life for some time. This is the story of an event that can change the course of a nation, shocking all its inhabitants and demonstrating to the president himself the true feelings that his people have towards him.



Presented as one of the most provocative films of the year, "Bye Bye Berlusconi" is an acid satire on current politics. Although it is located in a fictional country and its protagonist is equally fictional, all viewers will recognize that it is a comedy about the figure of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. And not just any comedy, but one in which there is speculation about what his possible kidnapping would be like and what reactions it would raise among the inhabitants. The film, of German nationality, was directed and co-written by debutant Jan Henrik Stahlberg.



Stahlberg himself is part of a cast in which the figure of Maurizio Antonini stands out, considered by many to be Berlusconi's double due to his physical and gestural resemblance to the prime minister. They, along with the rest of the actors, had to film incognito for fear of reprisals from the Italian government. "Bye Bye Berlusconi" won one of the secondary awards at the 2006 Berlin Film Festival.