Viva Zapatero!

Synopsis: Sabina Guzzanti’s documentary deals with her own ill-fated television show, RAIot, which aired on RAI, the Italian public television service. The show featured comedy sketches in which Guzzanti, a brilliant clown, mimic, and physical comedienne, skewered the current Italian administration, and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in particular.

When her show was cancelled after Berlusconi’s media corporation filed a 20-million-euro lawsuit, Guzzanti decided to expose the seedy underbelly of Berlusconi’s right-wing regime in this viciously funny documentary.
Language: Italian (Standard)
Country: Italy
Year of release: 2006
Year of production: 2005
Subjects: Media studies; Politics & government
Keywords: documentary films; Italy; satire; television broadcasting; political issues; Berlusconi, Silvio

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