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Marco Bellocchio

“For me a film grows from an image.”

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    All For a Rose

    ALL FOR A ROSE

    MARCO BELLOCCHIO Italy, 2017

    A coveted present for some and a reminder of regrets for others, the lovely red rose is rich with meaning in Marco Bellocchio’s multi-generational portrait of Bobbio, Italy. Contrasting the idealism of youth with mid-life discontent, this magnetic short crafts a sweet bouquet of human experiences.

    A Leap in the Dark

    A LEAP IN THE DARK

    MARCO BELLOCCHIO Italy, 1980

    A stunning directorial comeback, Marco Bellocchio’s darkly comic marvel won Michel Piccoli and Anouk Aimée top acting prizes at Cannes. Paralleling familial dysfunction with societal ills, this acerbic exploration of monstrous masculinity dares to expose the moral rot of Italy’s legislative system.

    Sweet Dreams

    SWEET DREAMS

    MARCO BELLOCCHIO Italy, 2016

    Across 6 decades Italian maestro Marco Bellocchio has made some of the great masterworks of his homeland’s cinema—this sublime 2016 entry finds him in a tender register, examining the eternal bonds between mother and son. A perceptive look at the ties that bind and the long shadow cast by childhood.

    Blood of My Blood

    BLOOD OF MY BLOOD

    MARCO BELLOCCHIO Italy, 2015

    Winner of the FIPRESCI award, this haunting portmanteau from director Marco Bellocchio is a shrewd social commentary steeped in striking gothic imagery. Set in a convent-prison, the film shifts from past to present, crafting a story that is a love letter to Italy’s past and a critique of its stasis.

    Clowns

    CLOWNS

    MARCO BELLOCCHIO Italy, 2016

    Once again, a mother-son relationship takes center stage in Marco Bellocchio’s volatile short, in which a revival of Ruggero Leoncavallo’s I Pagliacci erupts in explosive confrontations. Operatic in its expression, this vortex of raw emotions evokes the eternal tension between money and art-making.

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