10.0
10.0
Glauber, Claro
2020
as Self
Marco Bellocchio
Directing
Born:November 9, 1939(age 86)
Birthplace:Bobbio, Piacenza, Italy
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (96 movies)
8.4
8.4
Raffa
2023
as Self
8.3
8.3
Fit to Be Untied
1975
Director
8.3
8.3
Ennio
2022
as Self
8.0
8.0
My Name Is Anna Magnani
1980
as Self
8.0
8.0
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
2025
7.9
7.9
Esterno Notte (part II)
2022
Screenplay
7.8
7.8
Fists in the Pocket
1965
Writer
7.8
7.8
Esterno Notte (part I)
2022
Screenplay
7.7
7.7
The Traitor
2019
Director
7.6
7.6
Slap the Monster on Page One
1972
Director
7.3
7.3
Kidnapped
2023
Screenplay
7.3
7.3
Marx Can Wait
2021
Writer
7.2
7.2
Farewell to the Past
2002
Writer
7.1
7.1
My Mother's Smile
2002
Producer
7.1
7.1
Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces
2024
as Self
7.1
7.1
The Time It Takes
2024
Producer
7.1
7.1
Good Morning, Night
2003
Screenplay
7.0
7.0
Behind the Scenes: The Traitor
2022
as Himself
7.0
7.0
What Do You Know About Me
2009
as Self
7.0
7.0
Down With Uncle
1962
Director
7.0
7.0
If I May
2021
Director
6.8
6.8
N.P. - The Secret
1972
as Predicatore (voce)
6.8
6.8
Colpiti al cuore
2019
as Self
6.8
6.8
The Man with the Flower in His Mouth
1993
Director
6.7
6.7
Vincere
2009
Director
6.6
6.6
Henry IV
1984
Director
6.5
6.5
Vacation in Val Trebbia
1980
Director
6.5
6.5
Sweet Dreams
2016
Screenplay
6.4
6.4
In the Name of the Father
1971
Director
6.4
6.4
Battlefield
2024
Producer
6.3
6.3
The Prince of Homburg
1997
Screenplay
6.3
6.3
Dormant Beauty
2012
Screenplay
6.2
6.2
A Leap in the Dark
1980
Screenplay
6.2
6.2
All for a Rose
2017
Director
6.2
6.2
The Nanny
1999
Director
6.0
6.0
Sorelle Mai
2011
Writer
6.0
6.0
Clowns
2016
Writer
5.9
5.9
The Wedding Director
2006
Director
5.9
5.9
China Is Near
1967
Writer
5.9
5.9
Victory March
1976
Writer
5.8
5.8
Francis of Assisi
1966
as Pietro di Stacia
5.8
5.8
The Witches' Sabbath
1988
Director
5.7
5.7
Blood of My Blood
2015
Director
5.6
5.6
The Seagull
1977
Director
5.6
5.6
The Fight
2018
Director
5.6
5.6
The Life Apart
2024
Screenplay
5.5
5.5
Devil in the Flesh
1986
Director
5.5
5.5
The Butterfly's Dream
1994
Producer
5.5
5.5
Nina
2000
Writer
5.3
5.3
The Eyes, the Mouth
1982
Screenplay
5.3
5.3
The Conviction
1991
Screenplay
5.2
5.2
Marcello, una vita dolce
2006
as Self
5.1
5.1
Love and Anger
1969
Writer
5.0
5.0
Radio West
2004
Writer
Tutte le storie di Piera
2014
Same rage, same spring
2003
as Himself
Tutto in comune
1974
Caro Paolo
2013
Mother
2014
Journey into the Twilight
2021
as Self
Voi siete qui
2011
as Self
Cesare Zavattini
2003
as Self
Lino Micciché, mio padre - Una visione del mondo
2013
as Self
Planet Venus
1972
Writer
I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto
2004
as Self
A un millimetro dal cuore
2002
La mia casa e i miei coinquilini - Il lungo viaggio di Joyce Lussu
2016
Behind Love and Anger
2005
as Self - Director (segment "Discutiamo, discutiamo")
Opera Prima
2021
as Self
Cinéma et Réalité
1967
as Self
Lo Spazio Inquieto
2022
Cinema Italiano: Moments of Truth
2014
as Self
A Need for Change: The Making of 'Fists in the Pocket'
2005
as Slef
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
2009
The Cinema Machine
1979
Writer
Notes for a Movie About Uncle Vania
2002
Writer
Culpability and Punishment
1961
Screenplay
Sorelle
2007
Director
Celebrate Cinema 101
1996
Director
Rome, November 12, 1994
1995
Director
The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops
2002
Director
Materia e visione
2006
Writer
If I May - Chapter II
2024
Writer
If I May - Chapter III
TBA
Director
Falcon
TBA
Director
Ginepro Became a Man
1962
Director
Broken Dreams: Reasoning and Delirium
1995
Director
Mouth Harmonica
1980
Screenplay
Elena
1997
Writer
Fresco
2000
Director
A Thread of Passion
2000
Writer
The Choir Master
2000
Writer
Today is a Beautiful Day
2002
Writer
The Calabrian People Raised Their Heads
1969
Director
Long Live the 1st Red and Proletarian May
1969
Director
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