In the sun-drenched, hedonistic world of Italian politics and power, Paolo Sorrentino's lavish and incisive drama orbits the magnetic and controversial figure of Silvio Berlusconi. Played with mesmerizing duality by Toni Servillo, the former Prime Minister is in a period of self-imposed exile, brooding over his estranged from his wife Elena Sofia Ricci while a court of sycophants and aspirants buzz around his Sardinian villa. Enter the cunning entrepreneur Sergio Morra, portrayed by Riccardo Scamarcio, who orchestrates a relentless campaign of decadent parties and beautiful young women in a bid to capture the great man's attention and secure his own slice of influence. As the lines between political spectacle, personal desire, and raw ambition spectacularly blur, the film paints a hypnotic and darkly comic portrait of a man who is both a master and a prisoner of the seductive reality he has created.