Biography
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 in tasca, winner of the Silver Sail at the 1965 Festival del film Locarno), funded by family members and shot on family property, in 1965. Bellocchio's films include China Is Near (1967), Sbatti il mostro in prima pagina (Slap the Monster on Page One) (1972), Nel Nome del Padre (In the name of the Father – a satire on a Catholic boarding school that shares affinities with Lindsay Anderson's If....) (1972), Victory March (1976), A Leap in the Dark (1980), Henry IV (1984), Devil in the Flesh (1986), and My Mother's Smile (2002), which told the story of a wealthy Italian artist, a 'default-Marxist and atheist', who suddenly discovers that the Vatican is proposing to make his detested mother a saint. In 1991 he won the Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize at the 41st Berlin International Film Fest…
Directed
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The Traitor (2019) — Director
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Kidnapped (2023) — Director
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Fists in the Pocket (1965) — Director
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Sweet Dreams (2016) — Director
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Good Morning, Night (2003) — Director
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Slap the Monster on Page One (1972) — Director
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Vincere (2009) — Director
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Esterno Notte - Prima Parte (2022) — Director
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Esterno Notte - Seconda Parte (2022) — Director
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Devil in the Flesh (1986) — Director
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My Mother's Smile (2002) — Director
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Blood of My Blood (2015) — Director
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Dormant Beauty (2012) — Director
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The Wedding Director (2006) — Director
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Exterior Night (2022) — Director
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In the Name of the Father (1971) — Director
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Marx Can Wait (2021) — Director
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Portobello (2026) — Director
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A Leap in the Dark (1980) — Director
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Love and Anger (1969) — Director
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China Is Near (1967) — Director
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Henry IV (1984) — Director
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The Eyes, the Mouth (1982) — Director
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The Witches' Sabbath (1988) — Director
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The Prince of Homburg (1997) — Director
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The Conviction (1991) — Director
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All for a Rose (2017) — Director
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Victory March (1976) — Director
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The Fight (2018) — Director
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Sorelle Mai (2011) — Director
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Clowns (2016) — Director
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The Nanny (1999) — Director
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The Seagull (1977) — Director
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Fit to Be Untied (1975) — Director
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The Butterfly's Dream (1994) — Director
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Farewell to the Past (2002) — Director
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Vacation in Val Trebbia (1980) — Director
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The Man with the Flower in His Mouth (1993) — Director
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If I May (2021) — Director
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Down with Uncle (1962) — Director
Also appeared in
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Ennio (2022) — Self
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Slap the Monster on Page One (1972) — Compagno che incita alla calma (uncredited)
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My Mother's Smile (2002)
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Marx Can Wait (2021) — Self
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Love and Anger (1969) — Lecturer (segment "Discutiamo, discutiamo")
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Raffa (2023) — Self
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The Seagull (1977)
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Fit to Be Untied (1975) — Himself (uncredited)
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Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005) — Self
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Francis of Assisi (1966) — Pietro di Stacia
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Volonté: The Man of a Thousand Faces (2024) — Self
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Vacation in Val Trebbia (1980) — Il marito
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Behind the Scenes: The Traitor (2022) — Himself
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My Name Is Anna Magnani (1980) — Self
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N.P. - The Secret (1972) — Predicatore (voce)
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Cinéma et Réalité (1967) — Self
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Colpiti al cuore (2019) — Self
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Marcello, una vita dolce (2006) — Self
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What Do You Know About Me (2009) — Self
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La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione (2025)
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Filmstudio, mon amour (2015) — Sé stesso
- Tutto in comune (1974)
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Planet Venus (1972)
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Same rage, same spring (2003) — Himself
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Glauber, Claro (2020) — Self
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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) — Self
- La macchina cinema (1979) — Self
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Opera Prima (2021) — Self
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Lo Spazio Inquieto (2022)
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Cinema Italiano: Moments of Truth (2014) — Self
- Mother (2014)
- Caro Paolo (2013)
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La mia casa e i miei coinquilini - Il lungo viaggio di Joyce Lussu (2016)
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Voi siete qui (2011) — Self
- A Need for Change: The Making of 'Fists in the Pocket' (2005) — Slef
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Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso (2009)
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Lino Micciché, mio padre - Una visione del mondo (2013) — Self
- A un millimetro dal cuore (2002)
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I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto (2004) — Self
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Behind Love and Anger (2005) — Self - Director (segment "Discutiamo, discutiamo")