Character Relationship Map: Il Divo

Characters

• Giulio Andreotti (played by Toni Servillo) — protagonist

  Central protagonist of the film. A seven-time Prime Minister of Italy with alleged Mafia ties, he reflects on his survival through political turmoil, faces the Tangentopoli scandal and a 1995 trial, a...

• Doctor (played by Antonello Avallone) — minor
• Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (played by Fernando Altieri) — minor
• Salvo Lima (played by Giorgio Colangeli) — supporting
• Mino Pecorelli (played by Lorenzo Gioielli) — supporting

  Journalist featured in the opening montage. His murder is depicted as one of the events connected to Andreotti's tumultuous political career.

• Aldo Moro (played by Paolo Graziosi) — supporting

  Former Prime Minister of Italy. His murder is included in the opening montage as a significant event linked to Andreotti's political history.

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Giulio Andreotti → Aldo Moro (Professional Political Associate) — Moro's murder remains a source of anguish for Andreotti, who questions why the kidnappers did not take him instead.

  Andreotti says that he cannot stop thinking about Moro's kidnapping and murder and wonders why he was not taken instead.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Giulio Andreotti → Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (Conflict Political Rival) — Scalfaro's victory defeats Andreotti's presidential hopes.

  Andreotti's hopes of becoming President of the Republic collapse when Scalfaro wins the vote.

• Giulio Andreotti → Salvo Lima (Alliance Political Ally) — Lima's assassination brings danger closer to Andreotti; he recognizes that it may relate to his political ambitions, while a later account connects the killing to disputed political commitments.

  The plot says that Lima had been associated with Andreotti's political faction and that Andreotti publicly called for Lima's killers and those who ord...

• Giulio Andreotti → Mino Pecorelli (Social Political Associate) — Andreotti's recollection links a personal act of sending medicine to Pecorelli with the journalist's later murder.

  Andreotti remembers sending medicine to journalist Mino Pecorelli, who was later murdered.

• Giulio Andreotti → Doctor (Social Patient And Doctor) — The doctor's prediction becomes part of Andreotti's reflection on survival and the deaths of people who seemed to foreshadow his own.

  Andreotti recalls an army doctor who predicted that he had only six months to live.

Story Analysis

Giulio Andreotti reflects on survival and political power as memories, disputed Mafia allegations, and legal scrutiny converge around him.

Plot Progression

1. Surviving the Premonitions — Andreotti recalls a doctor's prediction and his own survival. Memories of Pecorelli's murder connect personal recollection with the violence surrounding his political life.
2. The Weight of Political Memory — In early-1990s Rome, Andreotti's long political record contrasts with his private composure. Moro's kidnapping and murder remain a source of profound anguish.
3. Lima and the Disputed Allegations — Lima's murder makes the danger feel closer to Andreotti, who calls for punishment of those responsible. A later account alleges political pressure and broken commitments, claims that remain disputed a...
4. A Presidency Lost — Scalfaro's victory ends Andreotti's hopes of becoming President. A sweeping corruption scandal brings down prominent figures, while Andreotti insists that it has not touched him.
5. Under Investigation — Investigators notify Andreotti that he is under investigation for alleged Mafia connections. At a court hearing, a turncoat testifies, and Andreotti rejects the accusations as public suspicion closes...