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Vincere

  • 20092009
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 2h 8m
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6.9/10
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Vincere (2009)
The story of Mussolini's secret lover, Ida Dalser, and their son Albino.
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BiographyDramaRomance
The story of Mussolini's secret lover, Ida Dalser, and their son Albino.The story of Mussolini's secret lover, Ida Dalser, and their son Albino.The story of Mussolini's secret lover, Ida Dalser, and their son Albino.
IMDb RATING
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5.7K
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    • Marco Bellocchio
    • Marco Bellocchio(story)
    • Daniela Ceselli(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Giovanna Mezzogiorno
    • Filippo Timi
    • Fausto Russo Alesi
    • Marco Bellocchio
    • Marco Bellocchio(story)
    • Daniela Ceselli(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Giovanna Mezzogiorno
    • Filippo Timi
    • Fausto Russo Alesi
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    • 33User reviews
    • 116Critic reviews
    • 85Metascore
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    Giovanna Mezzogiorno in Vincere (2009)
    Giovanna Mezzogiorno in Vincere (2009)
    Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Filippo Timi in Vincere (2009)
    Pier Giorgio Bellocchio and Filippo Timi in Vincere (2009)
    Filippo Timi in Vincere (2009)
    Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Fausto Russo Alesi, Filippo Timi, and Francesca Picozza in Vincere (2009)
    Giovanna Mezzogiorno in Vincere (2009)
    Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Filippo Timi in Vincere (2009)
    Pier Giorgio Bellocchio, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, and Filippo Timi in Vincere (2009)
    Giovanna Mezzogiorno in Vincere (2009)
    Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Corinne Castelli in Vincere (2009)
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    Giovanna Mezzogiorno
    Giovanna Mezzogiorno
    • Ida Dalser
    Filippo Timi
    Filippo Timi
    • Benito Mussolini…
    Fausto Russo Alesi
    Fausto Russo Alesi
    • Riccardo Paicher
    Michela Cescon
    Michela Cescon
    • Rachele Mussolini
    Pier Giorgio Bellocchio
    Pier Giorgio Bellocchio
    • Pietro Fedele
    Corrado Invernizzi
    Corrado Invernizzi
    • Dottor Cappelletti
    Paolo Pierobon
    • Giulio Bernardi
    Bruno Cariello
    Bruno Cariello
    • Giudice
    Francesca Picozza
    • Adelina Dalser
    Simona Nobili
    • Madre Superiora
    Vanessa Scalera
    • Suora Misericordiosa
    Giovanna Mori
    • Tedesca
    Patrizia Bettini
    • Cantante
    Silvia Ferretti
    • Scarpette rosse
    Corinne Castelli
    • Lacrime
    Giovanni Vettorazzo
    • Poliziotto di guardia
    Giorgio Santomaso
    • Secondo poliziotto di guardia
    Fabrizio Costella
    • Il piccolo Benito Albino
      • Marco Bellocchio
      • Marco Bellocchio(story) (screenplay)
      • Daniela Ceselli(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Most Italians had no idea that Mussolini had a first wife and child until a documentary broke the story on TV in 2005.
    • Quotes

      Benito Mussolini: With the guts of the last pope, we'll strangle the last king!

    • Connections
      Features Christus (1916)
    • Soundtracks
      Inno di Garibaldi (Va' fuori d'Italia, va' fuori stranier)
      (uncredited)

      Performed by Pier Giorgio Bellocchio and Filippo Timi

    User reviews33

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    7/10
    VINCERE (Marco Bellocchio, 2009) ***
    Bellocchio's latest is yet another look at a controversial Italian political figure, Benito Mussolini; however, it deals with a phase of his life which was kept 'in the shadows' for a great many years – the dictator's first marriage, which even yielded him a son! As was the case with GOOD MORNING, NIGHT (2003) – in which the film-maker had treated the abduction and execution of ex-Prime Minister Aldo Moro – the politician emerges not to be the central figure after all (remaining, similarly, little more than a cipher); here, in fact, the protagonist is Mussolini's secreted – or, more precisely, rejected – wife, who even winds up in a mental institution (a fate which also befalls their offspring, where both would die eventually)! The meticulous period reconstruction (and emphatic score) was to be expected, yet the human drama – and, by extension, the fine leading performances of Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Fabrizio Timi – is ultimately what renders the movie compelling; interestingly, while Mussolini as an older man is shown only via authentic newsreel footage, Timi plays both father and son as a young adult! Needless to say, the director distances himself from the Fascist fervor which had gripped his nation in those pivotal war years – choosing to depict Mussolini as godless (the film begins with him defying the Almighty to strike him down) and inhuman (both in the treatment of his first family and in his animalistic sexual prowess: the latter scenes, of which there a few, would otherwise have no discernible point) and even goes so far as to ridicule him by having son repeatedly caricature father's famously arrogant mannerisms while speechifying (with this in mind, the title – which translates to "Winning" – is clearly ironic, since what it presents is anything but the correct fighting spirit)!
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    • Feb 19, 2010

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      • May 20, 2009 (Italy)
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      • Trento, Trentino, Italy
    • Production companies
      • Offside
      • Rai Cinema
      • Celluloid Dreams
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    • 2 hours 8 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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