Tag Archives: Marco Bellocchio

Two haunting Italian tales from different centuries in the convent prison of Bobbio Read More »

The story of Ida Dalser, who fell in love with the future Italian Fascist leader, Benito Mussolini Read More »

Always inseparable with his beloved and joyful young mother, 9-year-old Massimo Read More »

The freshly graduated psychiatrist David shall deliver an opinion about young Maddalena Read More »

Alessandro, a young epileptic with paranoid inclinations, decides to relieve Augusto Read More »

An Italian high school student named Andrea becomes infatuated with Giulia Read More »

Burned-out, over-the-hill actor Giovanni returns to Bologna for the funeral of his twin, Pippo Read More »

In 1958 Angelo, a rich and spoiled boy, enters a religious school, where students are tired of its vice-rector Read More »

A pair of working class lovers – a secretary and an accountant, scheme to marry into the rich landed gentry. Read More »

The Prince of Homburg, disobeys orders and leads a cavalry charge in battle against the Swedes, which leads to victory. Read More »

Marco Bellocchio’s My Mother’s Smile was deemed blasphemous by the Roman Catholic Church for what the Church referred to as Bellocchio’s “systematic destruction of family and religious values.” Contrary to the Church’s presumptions about Bellocchio, My Mother’s Smile is a fascinating portrait of a man (Sergio Castellitto as Ernesto) who is forced to reconcile with his own atheism after receiving a shocking appeal from the Church requesting his participation in the canonization of his “saintly” mother.
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1972, Milano. We are just a few days before the general elections. The daughter of a well-known professor is found dead. Mr Bizanti editor in chief of newspaper “Il Giornale”, in agreement with its owner Mr. Montelli, decides to charge of following the story the junior Roveda and the senior Lauri. At one point, some elements indicates senator Boni as a possible murderer. All the “old guard” within “Il Giornale” drives articles in order to underline responsibilities of senator Boni. But young Roveda doesn’t surrender and continues to search for the truth.
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The movie is based on a true story. On 16 March 1978 Aldo Moro, the former Italian Prime Minister was kidnapped in Via Fani by the Brigate Rosse (Red Brigades), a militant Communist Italian group. He was the main supporter of the Compromesso Storico (Hystorical Compromise), which had to lead to the first Italian government supported by both the Christian Democrats and the Communists, in a period of social, economic and political crises. During the attack his five escort agents were all killed. Moro’s corpse was found on 9 May 1978 in a car parked in a street between the headquarters of the Christian Democrat Party and the Communist Party. This movie is inspired by this tragic event which traumatize the whole nation. It focuses mainly on the relationship between the prisoner and his guards through the eyes of Chiara, the young woman whose role is to guard the prisoner. The movie portraits Chiara’s life (her job as a librarian, the ordinary household) on one side and the political …
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