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Release Date: Mar 19, 2010
Rated: [Rated nr]
Runtime: 2 hr. 8 min.
Genres: Drama
Director: Marco Bellocchio
Cast: Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Fabrizio Costella, Michela Cescon, Fausto Russo Alesi, Filippo Timi.
Synopsis:
This unusual and offbeat historical drama rests on a little-known conceit. Though seldom discussed in history books (and reportedly undisclosed for half a century), fascist dictator Benito Mussolini conceived an illegitimate son by a woman named Ida Dalser -- a son Mussolini allowed to be born, acknowledged, and then promptly denied for the duration of his life. The tale begins in early 20th century Milan, with Benito (Fabrizio Costella) working as the socialist editor of a controversial newspaper called Avanti.
His dream in life involves triumphantly leading the Italian masses away from monarchy and toward a "socially emancipated future." He met the young and wealthy Ida (Giovanna Mezzogiorno) once before, in Trento -- where they enjoyed a brief exchange; they re-encounter one another during Mussolini's period at Avanti and it becomes clear that Ida has fallen deeply in love with Benito; she believes wholeheartedly in his ideals and his future as the leader of Italy -- to such an extent that she sells everything she has (her apartment, furniture, jewelry, and the beauty salon she owns) to fuel the development of his newspaper, Popolo d'Italia.
While the two become romantically entangled, with Ida positively magnetized by Benito's charisma and Benito hooked on a lust for power, Benito quickly switches spiritual and political allegiances overnight, changing from an atheistic socialist to a deeply Catholic fascist -- Catholic, because an allegiance with the Vatican will enable him to wrest and retain control over Italy's government. Benito and Ida marry and parent a son together, Benito Albino Mussolini (circa 1915), but the marriage certificate soon conveniently disappears and Ida learns, to her horror, that Benito has married someone else.
She unwisely begins to protest the situation -- so loudly and persistently that she's first forced into house arrest and then shoved permanently into an insane asylum -- raising key questions about the fate and future of her young son. On a stylistic level, director Marco Bellocchio films this historical material with the passion, theatricality, lyricism, and tragedy of a classicist Italian opera.
Cast:
Giovanna Mezzogiorno as Ida Dalser
Fabrizio Costella as Young Benito Albino
Michela Cescon as Rachele Mussolini
Fausto Russo Alesi as Riccardo Paicher
Filippo Timi as Benito Mussolini
Piergiorgio Bellocchio as Pietro Fedele
Corrado Invernizzi as Doctor Cappelletti
Paolo Pierobon as Giulio Bernardi
Bruno Cariello as The Judge
Francesca Picozza as Adelina
Simona Nobili as Mother Superior
Vanessa Scalera as Merciful Nun
Giovanna Mori as The German
Patrizia Bettini as The Singer
Silvia Ferretti as Red Shoes
Corinne Castelli as Tears
Crew:
Marco Bellocchio: Director
Mario Gianani: Producer
Daniela Ceselli: Screenwriter
Marco Bellocchio: Screen Story
Francesca Calvelli: Editor
Marco Dentici: Production Designer
Olivia Sleiter: Executive Producer
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