Marco Bellocchio

Since I pugni in tasca, his first feature film made in 1965, Marco Bellocchio has constructed a contestatory work committed to the fight against conformism and bourgeois morality. Born in 1939 in Bobbio, Italy, he is an essential figure in the history of European cinema. His extensive career has included titles such as La Cina è vicina (1967), En el nombre del padre (1972), Salto nel vuoto (1980), Enrico IV (1984), La condanna (1991), Il principe di Homburg (1997), L'ora di religione (Il sorriso di mia madre) (2002), Buongiorno, notte (2003) and Vincere (2009), all of which have won numerous festivals and awards. He has received several honorary awards for his career, among others in Venice in 2011 and Locarno in 2015. His more recent films include Sangre de mi sangre (2015), Felices sueños (2016) and El traidor, which premiered in the Cannes Official Section.

Festival de Cine de Sevilla