Marco Bellocchio Movies

Franco Elica is a film director casting a remake of a pious melodrama in Rome. He's melancholy, heading south for a break. On a beach, he meets a man...

A celebrated painter receives a visit from a cardinal's assistant, who informs him that his mother could become a saint.

A rich Italian's shocking suicide means different things to his twin brother, mother and pregnant lover.

Milan, 1 May 1969. A propaganda film produced by the communist organization Servire il popolo.

A young man lives as a recluse in a monastery. In a sort of ecstasy, he begins to talk to nature and recite the gospels.

An account of the life and artistic career of Raffaella Carrà (1943-2021), Italian pop star and television personality, told through the...

Various generations of filmmakers talk about what cinema means for them.

At the centre of the narrative, which continues and deepens the themes of blame and punishment, the fall of a leader, Juniper.

A documentary exploring the life and legacy of renowned Italian actor Gian Maria Volonté, featuring insights from his colleagues, family, and...

A two year old girl, surprised and moved, watches her past materialize via amateur footage on the family TV set. She watches without regrets or...

A strange encounter with an unknown man from a story a harpist tells to his friend during a recording session.

A child in anaphylactic shock after an insect sting is brought by her father to a doctor, a foreigner who doesn't speak the language well and is...

For trying to seduce the boss's wife, a young delinquent is punished by gangsters.

An encounter between two women: Sonia confesses to Elena that she would like to escape her town and her friend promises to help her.

Il Regista di Matrimoni from Marco Bellocchio seen from a different point of view, a movie inside a movie.

A documentary focused on film critic Lino Micciché, as seen from the point of view of his friends and his son Francesco.

It is a unusual documentary that mixes the music of famous opera composer Giuseppe Verdi with places, faces and voices from Piacenza, a nice place in...

Marco Bellocchio in his interview with Joyce in 1994 talks about his attitude towards life devoid of dreams and illusions, but extremely active,...