1939-11-09 ( 85 years old ) in 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.
Movies
Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces
2024-09-23
Raffa
2023-07-06
Lo Spazio Inquieto
2022-12-01
Behind the Scenes: The Traitor
2022-05-22
Ennio
2022-02-17
Opera Prima
2021-09-28
Journey into the Twilight
2021-09-09
Marx Can Wait
2021-07-15
Glauber, Claro
2020-10-22
Colpiti al cuore
2019-11-26
Tutte le storie di Piera
2014-06-26
Cinema Italiano: Moments of Truth
2014-06-17
Mother
2014-01-01
Caro Paolo
2013-05-01
Voi siete qui
2011-09-08
What Do You Know About Me
2009-10-16
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
2009-09-16
Marcello, una vita dolce
2006-05-21
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005-07-17
Behind Love and Anger
2005-01-01
Stessa rabbia, stessa primavera
2003-09-05
Cesare Zavattini
2003-01-01
My Mother's Smile
2002-04-19
A un millimetro dal cuore
2002-01-01
My Name Is Anna Magnani
1980-09-30
Vacation in Val Trebbia
1980-08-30
The Seagull
1977-07-02
Fit to Be Untied
1975-01-13
Tutto in comune
1974-05-01
Slap the Monster on Page One
1972-10-19
Planet Venus
1972-08-27
N.P. - The Secret
1972-07-26
Love and Anger
1969-05-29
Cinéma et Réalité
1967-01-01
Francis of Assisi
1966-09-01
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