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Marco Bellocchio

Directing·Nov 9, 1939·Bobbio, Piacenza, Italy

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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.

Film	Credit
If I May - Chapter II2024 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Kidnapped2023 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Esterno Notte - Seconda Parte2022 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Esterno Notte - Prima Parte2022 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
If I May2021 · Director, Writer, Screenplay	Director, Writer, Screenplay
Marx Can Wait2021 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
The Traitor2019 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Fight2018 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
All for a Rose2017 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Sweet Dreams2016 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Clowns2016 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Blood of My Blood2015 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Dormant Beauty2012 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Sorelle Mai2011 · Director, Writer, Screenplay	Director, Writer, Screenplay
Vincere2009 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Sorelle2007 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Wedding Director2006 · Director, Writer, Producer, Screenplay	Director, Writer, Producer, Screenplay
Good Morning, Night2003 · Director, Writer, Producer, Screenplay	Director, Writer, Producer, Screenplay
The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops2002 · Director	Director
My Mother's Smile2002 · Actor, Producer, Director, Screenplay	Actor, Producer, Director, Screenplay
Farewell to the Past2002 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
TToday is a Beautiful Day2002 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Notes for a Movie About Uncle Vania2002 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
NNina2000 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
AA Thread of Passion2000 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
FFresco2000 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
TThe Choir Master2000 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Nanny1999 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
The Prince of Homburg1997 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
EElena1997 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Celebrate Cinema 1011996 · Director	Director
RRome, November 12, 19941995 · Director	Director
BBroken Dreams: Reasoning and Delirium1995 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
The Butterfly's Dream1994 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Man with the Flower in His Mouth1993 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
The Conviction1991 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Witches' Sabbath1988 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Devil in the Flesh1986 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Henry IV1984 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Eyes, the Mouth1982 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Vacation in Val Trebbia1980 · Il marito, Writer, Director	Il marito, Writer, Director
A Leap in the Dark1980 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
The Seagull1977 · Actor, Director, Screenplay	Actor, Director, Screenplay
Victory March1976 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Fit to Be Untied1975 · Director	Director
Slap the Monster on Page One1972 · Compagno che incita alla calma (uncredited), Director	Compagno che incita alla calma (uncredited), Director
In the Name of the Father1971 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Love and Anger1969 · Lecturer (segment "Discutiamo, discutiamo"), Director, Writer	Lecturer (segment "Discutiamo, discutiamo"), Director, Writer
Long Live the 1st Red and Proletarian May1969 · Writer, Producer, Director	Writer, Producer, Director
The Calabrian People Raised Their Heads1969 · Writer, Producer, Director	Writer, Producer, Director
China Is Near1967 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Fists in the Pocket1965 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
GGinepro Became a Man1962 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Down with Uncle1962 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Culpability and Punishment1961 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
IIf I May - Chapter IIIDirector	Director
FFalconWriter, Director	Writer, Director