VINCERE

Year: 2009
USA: IFC Films
UK: Artificial Eye
Cast: Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Filippo Timi, Corrado Invernizzi, Fausto Russo Alesi, Michela Cescon, Pier Giorgio Bellocchio, Paolo Pierobon, Bruno Cariello, Francesca Picozza, Simona Nobili, Giovanna Mori, Silvia Ferretti, Corinne Castelli, Patrizia Bettini, Fabrizio Costella
Director: Marco Bellocchio
Country: Italy
Language: Italian (English subtitles)
USA: 128 mins
UK: 125 mins
UK Certificate: 15 contains strong sex and nudity
USA Release Date: 19 March 2010 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 14 May 2010 (Limited Release)

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Synopsis

There is a secret in the life of Mussolini: a wife and a son, Benito Albino, who was born, acknowledged and then denied. The secret bears a name: Ida Dalser. It is a dark page in history, one ignored in the official biography of the Duce.

Widely regarded as a return to form for Marco Bellocchio (FISTS IN THE POCKET) VINCERE is told through a virtuosic blend of fiction, archive footage and operatic music and a hit at Cannes Film Festival 2009.