
November 9, 1939 · 86 years old
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…

The real life of Tommaso Buscetta, the so-called "boss of the two worlds," the first mafia informant in Sicily in the 1980s.

A documentary on the legendary film composer Ennio Morricone.

The story of Mussolini's secret lover, Ida Dalser, and their son Albino.

A young man takes drastic measures to rid his dysfunctional family of its various afflictions.

A Jewish boy is kidnapped and converted to Catholicism in 1858.

Massimo's idyllic childhood is shattered by the death of his mother. Years later, he is forced to relive his traumatic past and compassionate doctor Elisa could help him open up and confront his childhood wounds.

The 1978 kidnapping and assassination of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro by Red Brigades terrorists

A sizzling, erotic thriller about a triangle between a teenage boy, an older woman an her fiance, an imprisoned terrorist, set in a world of intrigue, betrayal and erotic pleasure, from which may be no escape.

A mosaic of several intertwined stories questioning the meaning of life, love and hope, set during the last six days in the life of Eluana Englaro, a young woman who spent 17 years in a vegetative state.

A personal documentary centered around the suicide of the director's twin brother, Camillo Bellocchio, in 1968.

A burned-out actor returns to his provincial hometown after his twin brother's death by suicide. While trying to make his mother believe that it was an accident, he meets the deceased's fiance, sparking a mutual attraction.

In WWI, Dr. Stefano Zorzi works at a clinic, treating soldiers' wounds and cases of self-injury to avoid combat.Dr. Giulio, who helps soldiers, becomes a silent competition that also involves nurse Anna. The Spanish flu strikes th...