Sanguepazzo (2008)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Marco Tullio Giordana

Writers:

Marco Tullio Giordana (writer) &
Leone Colonna (writer) ...

Release Date:

23 May 2008 (Italy)

Genre:

Drama | History

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Venice Italy | Actress | Italian Intelligence | Spy | Gay Character

Cast

Monica Bellucci	...	Luisa Ferida
Alessio Boni	...	Golfiero Goffredi / Taylor
Luca Zingaretti	...	Osvaldo Valenti
Maurizio Donadoni	...	Vero Marozin
Tresy Taddei	...	Irene
Luigi Diberti	...	Cardi
Massimo Sarchielli	...	Guercio
Mattia Sbragia	...	Alfiero Corazza
Alessandro Di Natale	...	Dalmazio
Giovanni Visentin	...	Sturla
Paolo Bonanni	...	Pietro Koch
Gilberto Arrivabene	...	Capitano
Mohammed Aden Sheik	...	Ambasciatore Haiti
Aurora Quattrocchi	...	Contessa
Manrico Gammarota	...	Podestà

Also Known As:

Une histoire italienne (France)
Wild Blood (International: English title) (festival title)

Runtime:

148 min

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Italian | French

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Italy:T

Filming Locations:

Milan, Lombardia, Italy

Company:

BiBi Film

Trivia:

Alessio Boni's character, Golfiero Goffredi, is loosely based on Luchino Visconti as a young member of the Partisan army.

Really not worth watching

I had read the other reviews here, and considered the film worth a viewing, though without high expectations.

I was very disappointed. (However I think the criticism of Bellucci is a little harsh: her character as written and directed was so asinine that it seems unfair to complain that she played 'a sofa' as 'a sofa'!) The cutting to flashback (another comment on IMDb) was about the only feature which was interesting about this film. At least it kept me awake!

For me, an immeasurably better portrayal of fascist 'minor celebrities' and their cocaine habits is to be seen in Bertolucci's Millenovecento. I appreciate that Bertolucci's masterpiece is better remembered for 'the goodies' Gerard Depardieu and Sterling Hayden - but Act II gets to grips with the other aspects of the Mussolini regime, and the excesses of the 'favoured'.