Berlusconi

Filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino and actor Toni Servillo on their portrait of Silvio Berlusconi, the controversial Italian businessman-turned-politician, in “Loro.”

Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who was charged with violation of antitrust law, money laundering, and tax fraud and faced prosecution for several other crimes over the years, repeatedly attacked judges, calling them “communist”.

In his first season, they won promotion to Serie B. In his second, they knocked AC Milan out of the Coppa Italia and almost won promotion to Serie A. In the process, he developed young players such as Mario Bortolazzi, Walter Bianchi and Roberto Mussi before taking them to Milan with him in 1987 when offered the job by Silvio Berlusconi.

The late Silvio Berlusconi, a three-time conservative premier, never so much as blinked at Italy’s cultural institutions.

But the decision by then-prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to bring them into his coalition in 1994 marked the start of their growing legitimisation in public opinion.