I banchieri di Dio (2002)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Giuseppe Ferrara

Writers:

Armenia Balducci (writer)
Giuseppe Ferrara (writer)

Release Date:

8 March 2002 (Italy)

Genre:

Biography | Crime | Drama | History | Thriller

Plot:

This movie attempts to reconstruct the bankruptcy of the Banco Ambrosiano bank and its liaisons with...

Plot Keywords:

Vatican | Bank | Killer | Prison | Power

Cast

Omero Antonutti	...	Roberto Calvi
Giancarlo Giannini	...	Flavio Carboni
Alessandro Gassman	...	Pazienza
Rutger Hauer	...	Cardinale Marcinkus
Vincenzo Peluso	...	Vittor
Pier Paolo Capponi	...	Rosone
Pamela Villoresi	...	Carla Calvi
Gaetano Amato	...	Boss Romano
Antonio Sarasso
Bruno Bilotta
Stefania Barca
Alessandra Bellini
Gian Paolo Bocelli
Francesco Cordio
Maurizio Reti

Also Known As:

I banchieri di Dio - Il caso Calvi (Italy)
The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair (International: English title)
The God's Bankers (Europe: English title)

Runtime:

125 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Sistina Cine

The darkest story of an Italian banker.

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS. Courageous attempt to clarify one of the most obscure financial and political scandal of the eighties in Italy. Around the Banco Ambrosiano CEO Mr. Roberto Calvi rotate (and according to present evidences had rotated) a massive and incredible crowd of politicians, businessmen, secret agents and mafiosi. Calvi is deeply involved in financing different plans under indication of CIA and a Italian Masonic lodge called P2 (Propaganda due) through offshore ghost companies held by the IOR (Vatican's state bank). This could be fantasy but it isn't. It is hard to believe that Bishop Marcinkus, Pope Johannes Paul II were linked in some way to Mr. Gelli (P2's master), Mr. Pazienza, Argentina's generals and involved also in mafia's money laundering plans. 'En passant' we can see also the other famous rough banker Mr. Sindona, the camorra pressing to save a political man kidnapped by red terrorists, the killing attempted to the Pope, the Malvines/Falckland war and the polish Solidarnosc birth… There are enough subjects, stories and interest for at least four films, and considering that to date the story isn't still fully known this movie made a good job in resuming all the intrigues without making a muddle. The movie succeeded also to avoid to be a strong political documentary i.e. Fahrenheit 9/11, in fact the events are presented just from an historical point of view. I honestly suggest to watch this movie for ones interested on Italian recent history, 'I banchieri di Dio' is a good first step to investigate the obscure years between the seventies and the eighties in Italy. My vote is 7 (out of 10) for being such a courageous and illuminating movie.