A handout photo released on 23 April 2008 by Lucky Red in Rome , Italy , shows ROM 20 - A photo released on 23 April 2008 shows Italian Paolo Sorrentino , director of the film ' Il Divo ', about the controversial life senator Giulio Andreotti , which will be presented in competition at the 61 st Cannes Film Festival , which will run from 14 to 25 May . Sorrentino , a 38 - year - old Neapolitan director who competed unsuccessfully at Cannes in 2004 and 2006 , focuses on the life of seven - time Christian Democrat premier who dominated Italian postwar politics for decades and was sensationally put on trial for alleged Mafia ties . The 89 - year - old life senator was acquitted of the charges and , in a separate trial , of accusations that he commissioned the murder of a journalist . Sorrentino ' s film , which was made in top secrecy , is entitled after Andreotti ' s nickname ' Divo Giulio ' or Divine Julius - the same title Julius Caesar was known by . EPA / LUCKY RED HO EDITORIAL USE ONLY < 저작권자 ⓒ 2007 연 합 뉴 스 . 무단 전재 - 재 배포 금지 . >