There is a secret in Mussolini's life : a woman and a son, recognized at birth and later repudiated. This is an obscure page in the History. The secret has a name Ida Dalser (Giovanna Mezzogiorno) , unknown in the biography of the Duce (Filippo Timi) . Their liaison starts in 1914 ; she is a well-to-do beauty salon owner and he is an impoverished young Socialist and union activist . When Ida meets Mussolini in Milan, he is the editor of Avanti and a fervent pseudo-socalist/nationalist who claims to guide the masses by means of revolution through an anticlerical and anti-monarchical future . Ida already had a brief meeting with him in Trento and she was stunned. Ida truly thinks of him and his ideas. Mussolini is his hero. To finance Il Popolo D'Italia, a newspaper he had founded at the heart of the fledgling National Fascist Party, Ida sells everything he owns . She bore Mussolini a son, Benito Albino, before the outbreak of World War I. When the WWI broke out, Mussolini enlisted in the army against Austria-Hungary and disappeared. When Ida finds him again, he is in a military hospital, under the care of Rachele , whom he has just married. She financed his activities and in return, the Duce treated her cruelly, systematically trying to eliminate these facts , marriage included, from his life. Eventually, and after the march on Rome in 1922, Mussolini seizes power and King Victor Emmanuel has no choice but to hand it over . And later on, he would find another lover , Clara Petacci, with whom he would die, being hung and their bodies abused at a square in Milan .
An engaging film that combines drama , passion with strong erotic scenes , stock footage , paying tribute to Charles Chaplin's The Child and impressive music creating a highly sensitive oratorio . An official selection of the Cannes, Toronto and Telluride Film Festivals and from acclaimed auteur Marco Bellocchio , this dark movie which tries to chart the life of Ida Dalsern, who instantly fell in love with Benito on a train and did her best to help him in his political career. Vincere contains archive footage and is roughly based on two books respectively called Mussolins Marriage by Marco Zeni and Mussolinis Secret Child by Alfredo Pieroni, and on Fabrizio Laurenti and Gianfranco Norellis documentary film Mussolinis Secret. Actress Giovanna Mezzogiorno plays Ida Dalser as the first wife giving a stunning acting , while actor Filippo Timi plays two roles, the young Mussolini and in the second part of the movie Mussolini's secret son, Benito Albino . Both of them provided a fine job and their performances left one thirsty for more.
The motion picture was well directed by Marco Bellocchio , despite the flaws , shortcomings and faults it is a passable flick with enormous emotional force . Bellocchio is one of the best Italian filmmakers with a long career . His ferocious and gripping first feature, was the acclaimed Fists in the Pocket (1965). This caustic and anarchic look at an extremely troubled family launched him instantly to the first ranks of the Italian film scene, alongside Antonioni, Pasolini and Bertolucci. For the next several years, films such as China Is Near (1967) and In the Name of the Father (1972) found Bellocchio examining the turbulent world of leftist politics and revolutionary dreams with an eye both sympathetic and jaundiced. During the 1980s and 1990s, under the spell of unorthodox-and, to some, controversial-psychoanalyst Massimo Fagioli, Bellocchio's emphasis turned to examining the interweaving of family dynamics and sexual desire as they produce and undermine personal identities. Films such as Nel nome del padre (1971), Leap into the Void (1980) and Devil in the Flesh (1986) create complex allegories of an audacious originality. More recently, Bellocchio has turned to more straightforward narratives in a number of films that examine Italy's recent past and its present, from The Nanny (1999) to one of his most recent work, Dormant Beauty (2012) and Il traditore (2019). In his recent period has returned Bellocchio to the forefront of contemporary cinema, while combining the lessons learned from both the previous political and allegorical work. What has remained constant is Bellocchio's searching critique of the institutions that control individuals and organize the flow of power: the army, political parties, schools, the state and its laws, the Church, and the family.
An engaging film that combines drama , passion with strong erotic scenes , stock footage , paying tribute to Charles Chaplin's The Child and impressive music creating a highly sensitive oratorio . An official selection of the Cannes, Toronto and Telluride Film Festivals and from acclaimed auteur Marco Bellocchio , this dark movie which tries to chart the life of Ida Dalsern, who instantly fell in love with Benito on a train and did her best to help him in his political career. Vincere contains archive footage and is roughly based on two books respectively called Mussolins Marriage by Marco Zeni and Mussolinis Secret Child by Alfredo Pieroni, and on Fabrizio Laurenti and Gianfranco Norellis documentary film Mussolinis Secret. Actress Giovanna Mezzogiorno plays Ida Dalser as the first wife giving a stunning acting , while actor Filippo Timi plays two roles, the young Mussolini and in the second part of the movie Mussolini's secret son, Benito Albino . Both of them provided a fine job and their performances left one thirsty for more.
The motion picture was well directed by Marco Bellocchio , despite the flaws , shortcomings and faults it is a passable flick with enormous emotional force . Bellocchio is one of the best Italian filmmakers with a long career . His ferocious and gripping first feature, was the acclaimed Fists in the Pocket (1965). This caustic and anarchic look at an extremely troubled family launched him instantly to the first ranks of the Italian film scene, alongside Antonioni, Pasolini and Bertolucci. For the next several years, films such as China Is Near (1967) and In the Name of the Father (1972) found Bellocchio examining the turbulent world of leftist politics and revolutionary dreams with an eye both sympathetic and jaundiced. During the 1980s and 1990s, under the spell of unorthodox-and, to some, controversial-psychoanalyst Massimo Fagioli, Bellocchio's emphasis turned to examining the interweaving of family dynamics and sexual desire as they produce and undermine personal identities. Films such as Nel nome del padre (1971), Leap into the Void (1980) and Devil in the Flesh (1986) create complex allegories of an audacious originality. More recently, Bellocchio has turned to more straightforward narratives in a number of films that examine Italy's recent past and its present, from The Nanny (1999) to one of his most recent work, Dormant Beauty (2012) and Il traditore (2019). In his recent period has returned Bellocchio to the forefront of contemporary cinema, while combining the lessons learned from both the previous political and allegorical work. What has remained constant is Bellocchio's searching critique of the institutions that control individuals and organize the flow of power: the army, political parties, schools, the state and its laws, the Church, and the family.