Marco Bellocchio

...female empowerment. The series ends Nov. 22 with "Vincere" ("Victory" in Italian), an innovative operatic portrait by director Marco Bellocchio of Ida Dalser, first wife of fascist dictator Benito Mussolini who was imprisoned by fascists...

In this article: Naples, Camorra, San Francisco, Giancarlo Siani, Mafia, and Benito Mussolini

...Loach's "Looking for Eric." The dark horse candidate is Italy's Filippo Timi, nominated for playing fascist leader Benito Mussolini in Marco Bellocchio's period drama "Vincere." The winners of the 2009 European Film Awards will be announced...

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Marco Bellocchio (born 9 November 1939) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor. Born in Bobbio, Bellocchio began studying philosophy in Milan but then decided to enter film school, making his first film, Fists in the Pocket...

In this article: Philosophy, Fists in the Pocket, Aldo Moro, Good Morning, Night, Bobbio, and Milan

...to absorb them all on first viewing. This was a year for old masters, including Jacques Rivette (81), Manoel de Oliveira (100!), and Marco Bellocchio (70), whose Vincere is the story of Ida Dalser (Giovanna Mezzogiorno). She bore Benito...

In this article: New York Film Festival, The White Ribbon, Antichrist, Lars von Trier, Mo'Nique, Michael Haneke, and Benito Mussolini

...his life, was the evening's other big winner at the Ambassador East's Pump Room ceremony, in the categories of best director (Marco Bellocchio), best actress (Giovanna Mezzogiorno), best actor (Filippo Timi) and best cinematography (Daniele...

In this article: Chicago International Film Festival, Short Film, USA, and Chicago

...Navigation, Content. Text Version. Mad world … Benito Mussolini (Filippo Timi) and Ida Dalser (Giovanna Mezzogiorno) in director Marco Bellocchio's film Vincere . It is an autumn afternoon in Rome and a young man has just arrived at the...

In this article: Benito Mussolini, My Mother's Smile, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Sydney, Australia, and Minestrone

...former Voice film editor Dennis Lim, and, of course, festival director Richard Pena. No lack of continuity: Returning to the fest are Marco Bellocchio (Vincere), Bong Joon-ho (Mother), Catherine Breillat (Bluebeard), Claire Denis (White...

In this article: New York Film Festival, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Harmony Korine, Antichrist, Bluebeard, Lars von Trier, Palm d'Or Michael Haneke, Bruno Dumont, and Alain Resnais

Picks up North American rights to Marco Bellochio film IFC Films has picked up North American rights to Marco Bellochio's "Vincere," which stars Giovanna Messogiorno as Mussolini's first wife, Ida Dalser. The film, which had its world...

In this article: Marco Bellochio, Antichrist, New York Film Festival, Festival de Cannes, Toronto International Film Festival, VOD, and Lars von Trier

...(the festival's centerpiece screening, which premiered in January at Sundance), Joon-ho Bong's framed-murderer story "Mother," Marco Bellochio's Mussolini drama "Vincere" and festival closer "Broken Embraces," from NYFF favorite...

In this article: New York, Lars von Trier, Pedro Almodovar, Alain Resnais, U.S., The White Ribbon, VON, and Antichrist

...agony can be measured in the angle of his frown - has lent intelligence and gravity to films directed by Jacques Rivette, Marco Bellocchio and Mr. Castellitto himself. But if Mr. Castellitto is rarely funny in the usual sense, he is...

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