Review of Il Divo (2008) by Alessandro — 10 Jun 2009

"Well, Premier, is it by chance that the families of assassination victims hate you? Dalla Chiesa's son hates you. He says that you instigated his father's murder. Aldo Moro's wife hates you and holds you responsible for her husband's death.

Does banker Roberto Calvi's wife hate you by chance? She said you threatened then ordered Calvi's murder. She says the Vatican Bank didn't kill him, but two people: Andreotti and Cosentino, who's also dead now.

And I wonder, is it by chance that you were Interior Minister when the bandit Pisciotta was killed with a poisoned coffee? Maybe Pisciotta could have revealed the instigators of Giuliano's murder.

Was banker Michele Sindona killed in the same way by chance? He too could have made some uncomfortable disclosures in prison. Is it by chance that everyone says you repeatedly protected Sindona? Is it by chance that Evangelisti, your deputy, met Sindona when he was on the run, at a toy shop in New York? Is it by chance that the Magistrate Viola says: If you hadn't protected Sindona, the Ambrosoli crime wouldn't have happened? Furthermore, you jot down everything scrupulously in your diary, so is it by chance that you forgot to write about the Ambrosoli crime? Is it by chance that from '76-'79, when you were Premier, all the secret service chiefs were members of the P2 Masonic lodge? Is it by chance that in your frequent meetings with P2 head, Licio Gelli, you talked exclusively about South American desaparecidos? That's what you said: Just friendly chit-chat.

Finally, is it by chance that you've been dragged into nearly every scandal that's afflicted this country? And I'm omitting to mention all the suspects that allege your Mafia links. Basically, as Montanelli said: It's one or the other.

You're either the most cunning criminal in the country because you never got caught or you're the most persecuted man in the history of Italy. So I'm asking: Are all these coincidences the fruit of chance or the will of God?".