Marco BELLOCCHIO

Director

Country: ITALY

Biographie

Marco Bellocchio, after studying at the Dramatic Art Academy of Milan and the Experimental Cinema Centre, directs in 1965 his first feature film, remarked by the critics. Breaking with neo-realism, his politically-engaged works attack the Italian symbols of conformism; after his cult movie, Fists in the Pockets - manifesto of a youth in revolt - he denounces religion with In the Name of the Father (1971), and the army with Victory March (1976). Along with Michel Piccoli and Anouk Aimée, he wins at Cannes two Best Actor awards for A Leap in the Dark (1980). He then passes from films deemed "subversive", in the image of Devil in the Flesh which sparks a scandal in Cannes in 1986, to literary adaptations such as the Pirandello adaptation The Nanny (1990). Marco Bellocchio troubles anew the Vatican with My Mother's Smile, selected by Cannes in 2002. And he was the first to speak out about the assassination of Aldo Moro with Good Morning, Night, screened at the Mostra in 2004 and unanimously hailed by critics worldwide.

Films presented in Cannes

2009 - VINCERE - In Competition - Director, Screenplay
2006 - IL REGISTA DI MATRIMONI - Un Certain Regard - , Director, Screenplay
2002 - "L'ORA DI RELIGIONE" (IL SORRISO DI MIA MADRE) - In Competition - Screenplay, Director
1999 - LA BALIA - In Competition - Director, Screenplay
1997 - IL PRINCIPE DI HOMBURG DI HEINRICH VON KLEIST - In Competition - Director, Screenplay
1994 - IL SOGNO DELLA FARFALLA - Un Certain Regard - Screenplay, Director
1986 - DIAVOLO IN CORPO - Section parallèle - Director
1984 - ENRICO IV - In Competition - Director, Screenplay
1980 - SALTO NEL VUOTO - In Competition - Director, Screenplay
1977 - IL GABBIANO - Out of Competition - Director, Screenplay

Member of the jury

2007 - Sélection officielle - Membre