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Marco Bellocchio

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Italian film director, screenwriter and actor (born 1939)

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Marco Bellocchio is an Italian film director, screenwriter, film editor, and politician. Born in Bobbio, Piacenza, Italy, in 1939, he began his professional work period in 1961. He is a member of the Italian Radicals political party and speaks Italian. Bellocchio was educated at the Experimental Centre of Cinematography. His notable works include *La Cina e vicina*, *Il regista di matrimoni*, *Nel nome del Padre di Marco Bellocchio*, *China is near*, and *I pugni in tasca*.

Bellocchio has received several awards, including the FIPRESCI Prize of the Festival de Cannes, the David di Donatello for Best Director, the Flaiano Prize, and the Nastro d'Argento for the director of the best film. He has also been nominated for European Film Awards for Best Director, Best Film, and Best Screenwriter, as well as the David di Donatello for Best Director. His works are held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1939
Works
18

Top works

  • La Cina e vicina
  • Il regista di matrimoni
  • Nel nome del Padre di Marco Bellocchio
  • China is near
  • I pugni in tasca

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Film & TV

Directing · Bobbio, Piacenza, Italy

Marco Bellocchio (Italian: [ˈmarko belˈlɔkkjo]; born 9 November 1939; Bobbio) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. Born in Bobbio, near Piacenza, Marco Bellocchio had a strict Catholic upbringing – his father was a lawyer, his mother a schoolteacher. He began studying philosophy in Milan but then decided to enter film school, making his first film, Fists in the Pocket, (I pugni…

Known for

  • La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione2025
  • Quelli che il cinema — Self2025
  • Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces — Self2024
  • Raffa — Self2023
  • Lo Spazio Inquieto2022
  • Ennio — Self2022
  • Behind the Scenes: The Traitor — Himself2022
  • Opera Prima — Self2021
  • Marx Can Wait — Self2021
  • Journey into the Twilight — Self2021

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
7
Total plays
15

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Key facts

Born
( 1939-11-09 ) 9 November 1939 (age 86) , Bobbio , Italy
Occupations
Film director, screenwriter, actor
Years active
1962–present

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Encyclopedic overview

Marco Bellocchio ( Italian pronunciation: [ˈmarko belˈlɔkkjo]; born 9 November 1939) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. His is most known for his films Fists in the Pocket (1965), Slap the Monster on Page One (1972), A Leap in the Dark (1980), Good Morning, Night (2003), The Traitor (2019) and Kidnapped (2023).

Life and career

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marco Bellocchio” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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