Marco Bellocchio
Date of birth: 1939-11-09
Place of birth: Bobbio, Piacenza, Italy
Known for: Directing
Also known as: Марко Беллоккьо, Марко Беллоккио, 마르코 벨로키오, 마르코 벨로치오
Biography
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.
Movie Credits
Opera Prima
2021-09-28
Opera Prima is a tribute and a journey through the evolution that cinema has had in Italy. Tayu Vli
Cinéma et Réalité
1967-01-01
In this documentary, giants of italian cinema such as Rossellini, De Sica, Fellini and Zavattini tal
Lo Spazio Inquieto
2022-12-01
Cinema Italiano: Moments of Truth
2014-06-17
Documentary about Italian cinema.
Vacation in Val Trebbia
1980-08-30
Director Marco Bellocchio returns with his family to his homeland, in the province of Piacenza. The
My Mother's Smile
2002-04-19
A celebrated painter receives a visit from a cardinal's assistant, who informs him that his mother c
Slap the Monster on Page One
1972-10-19
Days before the general election, after a girl from a rich family is murdered in an attempted rape,
The Seagull
1977-07-02
A young writer is trapped between his awful actress mother and the knowledge that he has only a medi
Tutto in comune
1974-05-01
Mother
2014-01-01
The extremely mawkish hides something extremely violent.
Caro Paolo
2013-05-01
Ennio
2022-02-17
A portrait of Ennio Morricone, the most popular and prolific film composer of the 20th century, the
Raffa
2023-07-06
An account of the life and artistic career of Raffaella Carrà (1943-2021), Italian pop star and tele
Behind the Scenes: The Traitor
2022-05-22
Francis of Assisi
1966-09-01
A 1966 biopic of Francis of Assisi presents him as a troubled rebel and champion of radical brotherh
Colpiti al cuore
2019-11-26
La mia casa e i miei coinquilini - Il lungo viaggio di Joyce Lussu
2016-10-18
Marco Bellocchio in his interview with Joyce in 1994 talks about his attitude towards life devoid of
Love and Anger
1969-05-29
Five short stories with contemporary settings. In New York, people are indifferent to derelicts slee
Voi siete qui
2011-09-08
Planet Venus
1972-08-27
Matteo is a communist intellectual, the son of a wealthy bourgeois, who found himself blind from an
A Need for Change: The Making of 'Fists in the Pocket'
2005-07-07
Documentary on the making of Marco Bellocchio's first film as a director, 'Fists in the Pocket'.
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
2009-09-16
Lino Micciché, mio padre - Una visione del mondo
2013-08-31
A documentary focused on film critic Lino Micciché, as seen from the point of view of his friends an
Same rage, same spring
2003-09-05
A documentary about the making of "Buongiorno, notte" and the films and politics of director Marco B
My Name Is Anna Magnani
1980-09-30
Traces the life of Anna Magnani, her creations, her successes, her triumphs, her boycotted career, h
A un millimetro dal cuore
2002-01-01
A strange encounter with an unknown man from a story a harpist tells to his friend during a recordin
N.P. - The Secret
1972-07-26
An engineer invents a revolutionary machine capable of automating all industrial production, thereby
I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto
2004-01-01
Various generations of filmmakers talk about what cinema means for them.
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005-07-17
How the cinema industry does not respect the author's work as it was conceived, how manipulates the
Fit to Be Untied
1975-01-13
This documentary was distilled from a 3 1/2-hour television film Nessuno o Tutti, to make the point
Glauber, Claro
2020-10-22
A deep dive into Glauber Rocha's years exiled in Italy in the 70s. Through a collection of interview
Marcello, una vita dolce
2006-05-21
After shooting to fame with Federico Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” (1960), actor Marcello Mastroianni (1
Behind Love and Anger
2005-01-01
Documentary about the anthology film Love and Anger (1969) with interviews with Carlo Lizzani (direc
Marx Can Wait
2021-07-15
"Marx can wait" was something Camillo Bellocchio said to his twin Marco the last time they met befor
What Do You Know About Me
2009-10-16
Until the 1970s, Italian cinema dominated the international scene, even competing with Hollywood. Th
Journey into the Twilight
2021-09-09
A portrait of Italy in the 60's and 70's, based on films by Marco Bellocchio.
Cesare Zavattini
2003-01-01
Documentary about Italian film screenwriter Cesare Zavattini
Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces
2024-09-23
A documentary exploring the life and legacy of renowned Italian actor Gian Maria Volonté, featuring
Tutte le storie di Piera
2014-06-26
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
2025-09-11
Filmstudio, mon amour
2015-10-21