What happens when a nation’s leader also owns its most popular television stations? Director Erik Gandini exposes the startling effects of Silvio Berlusconi’s generation-long influence on Italian politics and culture. As outrageous and bawdy as its subjects (talent agents, paparazzi, reality-TV hopefuls among them), Videocracy interprets Italy’s fascination with superstardom and superficiality—each embodied by its charismatic and image-conscious prime minister.  TM