Marco Bellocchio

Director
Forcinephiles of italian auteur cinema, students of history and politics, and fans of psychologically charged dramas.
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The Profile

Marco Bellocchio (born 1939, Bobbio, Italy) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He debuted with I pugni in tasca (1965) and is known for politically charged and psychologically incisive cinema, including Il traditore (2019), Esterno notte (2022), and Rapito (2023).

His films frequently interrogate power, religion, family, and the state, often with an anticlerical edge.

DeBaser’s reviews see Bellocchio as a daring stylist: anti-epic on the mafia in Il traditore, expansive and gripping on the Moro case in Esterno notte, and rigorously anticlerical in Rapito. Diavolo in Corpo probes desire against institutions, while Sbatti il mostro in prima pagina dissects media power. Overall tone: incisive, critical, and admiring.

Notable Quotes

❝ “This film left me a bit disappointed.”
❝ “Kidnapped” by 83-year-old Marco Bellocchio is the confirmation of a talent not yet completely dormant.

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