As eternally damned as Benito Mussolini’s reputation is, and as extensive as his documented list of evils are, one might find it impossible to imagine a contemporary indictment so bitter and heartbreaking that it nearly outstrips everything to precede it. But that’s exactly what writer-director Marco Bellocchio attempts with his searing, shocking period drama
Vincere. Titled with acidic irony -- it translates literally to “Win” -- the picture travels behind the public curtain of Il Duce’s wretched historical image to unearth one of the most outrageous and intimate of his cruelties -- an act long-buried by the tide of Italian history.
The tale opens i...
Released:
2009
Rated:
n/a
Length:
128 mins