Marco Bellocchio
Marco Bellocchio
Marco Bellocchio (Italian: [ˈmarko belˈlɔkkjo]; born 9 November 1939; Bobbio) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. Born in Bobbio, near Piacenza, Marco Bellocchio had a strict Catholic upbringing – his father was a lawyer, his mother a schoolteacher. He began studying philosophy in Milan but then decided to enter film school, making his first film, Fists in the Pocket, (I pugni in tasca, winner of the Silver Sail at the 1965 Festival del film Locarno), funded by family members and shot on family property, in 1965. Bellocchio's films include China Is Near (1967), Sbatti il mostro in prima pagina (Slap the Monster on Page One) (1972), Nel Nome del Padre (In the name of the Father – a satire on a Catholic boarding school that shares affinities with Lindsay Anderson's If....) (1972), Victory March (1976), A Leap in the Dark (1980), Henry IV (1984), Devil in the Flesh (1986), and My Mother's Smile (2002), which told the story of a wealthy Italian artist, a 'default-Marxist and atheist', who suddenly discovers that the Vatican is proposing to make his detested mother a saint. In 1991 he won the Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival for his film The Conviction. In 1995 he directed a documentary about the Red Brigades and the kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro, titled Broken Dreams. In 2003, he directed a feature film on the same theme, Good Morning, Night. In 2006 his film The Wedding Director was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. In 1999, he was awarded with an Honorable Prize for the contribution to cinema at the 21st Moscow International Film Festival. In 2009 he directed Vincere, which was in the main competition at the Cannes Film Festival. He finished Sorelle Mai, an experimental film that was shot over ten years with the students of six separate workshops playing themselves. He was awarded with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 68th Venice International Film Festival in September 2011. His 2012 film Dormant Beauty was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 69th Venice International Film Festival.[6] On 6 September 2012, Bellocchio condemned the Catholic Church's interference in politics after the premiere of his controversial film about a high-profile euthanasia case. The film approaches the topic of euthanasia and the difficulty with legislation on end of life in Italy, which has Vatican City within its borders. The subject is inspired by Eluana Englaro's case. Following the decision of the jury of the Venice Film Festival, which excluded the film from the Golden Lion, Bellocchio has expressed strong criticism against President Michael Mann.
Directed Movies
Director: Marco Bellocchio
Writers: Marco Bellocchio,
Cast: Andrea Gherpelli, Barbara Ronchi, Corrado Invernizzi, Enea Sala, Fabrizio Gifuni, Fausto Russo Alesi, Filippo Timi, Leonardo Maltese, Paolo Pierobon, Samuele Teneggi,
Director: Marco Bellocchio
Writers: Stefano Bises,
Cast: Antonio Piovanelli, Bebo Storti, Daniela Marra, Fabrizio Contri, Fabrizio Gifuni, Fausto Russo Alesi, Gabriel Montesi, Margherita Buy, Pier Giorgio Bellocchio, Toni Servillo,
Director: Marco Bellocchio
Writers: Ludovica Rampoldi,
Cast: Bebo Storti, Daniela Marra, Fabrizio Contri, Fabrizio Gifuni, Fausto Russo Alesi, Gabriel Montesi, Margherita Buy, Paolo Pierobon, Pier Giorgio Bellocchio, Toni Servillo,
Director: Marco Bellocchio
Writers: Francesco Piccolo,
Cast: Bruno Cariello, Fabrizio Ferracane, Fausto Russo Alesi, Giovanni Calcagno, Luigi Lo Cascio, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Nicola Calì, Pierfrancesco Favino, Rosario Palazzolo, Vincenzo Pirrotta,
Director: Marco Bellocchio
Writers: Veronica Raimo,
Cast: Alba Rohrwacher, Brenno Placido, Fabrizio Falco, Gianmarco Tognazzi, Gigio Morra, Isabelle Huppert, Maya Sansa, Michele Riondino, Pier Giorgio Bellocchio, Toni Servillo,
Director: Marco Bellocchio
Writers: Daniela Ceselli,
Cast: Bruno Cariello, Corrado Invernizzi, Fausto Russo Alesi, Filippo Timi, Francesca Picozza, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Michela Cescon, Paolo Pierobon, Pier Giorgio Bellocchio, Simona Nobili,
Director: Marco Bellocchio
Writers: Marco Bellocchio,
Cast: Bruno Cariello, Carlo Castelli, Gianni Schicchi, Giovanni Calcagno, Giulio Bosetti, Luigi Lo Cascio, Maya Sansa, Paolo Briguglia, Pier Giorgio Bellocchio, Roberto Herlitzka,
Director: Marco Bellocchio
Writers: Marco Bellocchio,
Cast: Alberto Mondini, Chiara Conti, Donato Placido, Gianfelice Imparato, Gianni Schicchi, Gigio Alberti, Jacqueline Lustig, Maurizio Donadoni, Renzo Rossi, Sergio Castellitto,
Director: Marco Bellocchio
Writers: Goffredo Fofi,
Cast: Carla Tatò, Corrado Solari, Enrico DiMarco, Fabio Garriba, Gian Maria Volonté, Jacques Herlin, Jean Rougeul, John Steiner, Laura Betti, Michel Bardinet,
Director: Marco Bellocchio
Writers: Marco Bellocchio,
Cast: Celestina Bellocchio, Irene Agnelli, Jeannie McNeil, Lella Bertante, Liliana Gerace, Lou Castel, Marino Masé, Paola Pitagora, Pier Luigi Troglio, Sandra Bergamini,
Acted Movies
Written Movies