4 FILMS DIRECTED BY MARCO BELLOCCHIO

FROM THE 2021 HONORARY PALME D'OR, THE DIRECTOR OF "FISTS IN THE POCKET" (I PUGNI IN TASCA) AND "THE TRAITOR" (IL TRADITORE), 4 RESTORED FILMS.

Giovanni (Lou Castel) comes home after his brother’s suicide to encounter the same family problems that have been around for years: his mother is a religious fanatic, his older brother has a cold relationship with his children and his wife. When Giovanni goes to berate his dead brother’s lover for not even coming to his funeral an unexpected attraction starts that builds in intensity as time goes on.

Cast: Lou Castel, Angela Molina, Michel Piccolì, Emmanuelle Riva
Directed by: MARCO BELLOCCHIO
Country: Italy / France, 1982
Drama | Color | 93'
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Based on Luigi Pirandello's play, the movie is set in a castle where the owner’s uncle, deranged after a fall from a horse, has lived for twenty years under the illusion that he is the German Emperor Henry IV. His relatives use various plays to make him recover his wits or to unmask his pretence. But Henry becomes, even more determined to withdraw from the world forever.

Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Leopoldo Trieste
Directed by: MARCO BELLOCCHIO
Country: Italy, 1984
Drama | Color | 95'
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From the homonymous drama of Čechov. Nina and Costantino are two young eager for success and glory. He aspires to become a theatrical author, also to be able to win the heart of Nina who would like to be an actress. But for both there will be only failures, pains and deaths.
Bellocchio gives a very personal rendition of Čechov's drama and, thanks to Agosti's editing and a great cast performances, reaches outstanding results. Laura Betti's character is different from the original one but so powerful to steal the scene. Location and Nicola Piovani's score added to the film a unique atmosphere.
Not just a meditation about art, but on human condition, love and meaning of life.

Cast: Remo Girone, Laura Betti, Giulio Brogi, Pamela Villoresi
Directed by: MARCO BELLOCCHIO
Country: Italy, 1977
Drama | Color | 125'
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The director Marco Bellocchio returns with his family to his homeland, in the province of Piacenza. The journey is an opportunity to confront oneself with one's past, as well as with nostalgia for an era. The past returns to Marco even in dreams: a boy hides in the river until night after stealing fruit; masons return home from work in the evening, singing a famous song. At the end Marco enters in a tunnel to find a way out of his own irresolution, exchanging psychic reality for material reality, coming out alive: a little bit euphoric but with the same problems before.

Cast: Marco Bellocchio, Gisella Burinato, Pier Giorgio Bellocchio
Directed by: MARCO BELLOCCHIO
Country: Italy, 1980
Drama | Color | 48'
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