
Marco Bellocchio
Known for DirectingBorn 1939-11-09 (age 86)Bobbio, Piacenza, Italy
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.Read more
Movies & web series
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Glauber, Claro
2020 · Movie
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Filmstudio, mon amour
2015 · Movie
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Same rage, same spring
2003 · Movie
Broken Dreams: Reasoning and Delirium
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Broken Dreams: Reasoning and Delirium
1995 · Movie
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Culpability and Punishment
1961 · Movie
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Ennio
2022 · Movie
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Raffa
2023 · Movie
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My Name Is Anna Magnani
1980 · Movie
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Exterior Night
2022 · Series
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Esterno Notte (part II)
2022 · Movie
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Esterno Notte (part I)
2022 · Movie
Alfabeto italiano
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Alfabeto italiano
1998 · Series
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Portobello
2026 · Series
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Fit to Be Untied
1975 · Movie
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Farewell to the Past
2002 · Movie
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The Traitor
2019 · Movie
La macchina cinema
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La macchina cinema
1979 · Series
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Rosebush Pruning
2026 · Movie
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Kidnapped
2023 · Movie
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Marx Can Wait
2021 · Movie
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Fists in the Pocket
1965 · Movie
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Slap the Monster on Page One
1972 · Movie
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Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces
2024 · Movie
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La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
2025 · Movie
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Behind the Scenes: The Traitor
2022 · Movie
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If I May
2021 · Movie
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My Mother's Smile
2002 · Movie
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The Time It Takes
2024 · Movie
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Down With Uncle
1962 · Movie
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What Do You Know About Me
2009 · Movie
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Good Morning, Night
2003 · Movie
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It Was the Son
2012 · Movie
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Colpiti al cuore
2019 · Movie
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N.P. - The Secret
1972 · Movie
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Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005 · Movie
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Vacation in Val Trebbia
1980 · Movie
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Vincere
2009 · Movie
Tutto in comune
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Tutto in comune
1974 · Movie
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The Man with the Flower in His Mouth
1993 · Movie
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Planet Venus
1972 · Movie
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Sweet Dreams
2016 · Movie
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Battlefield
2024 · Movie
Ginepro Became a Man
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Ginepro Became a Man
1962 · Movie
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The Nanny
1999 · Movie
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Dormant Beauty
2012 · Movie
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The Prince of Homburg
1997 · Movie
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All for a Rose
2017 · Movie
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Henry IV
1984 · Movie