Vincere

Name: Vincere
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Released: March 19, 2010
Duration: 128 min
Rating: 85

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IFC Films | Release Date: March 19, 2010 | Unrated

Summary: In Vincere, the closely guarded story of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's secret lover and son is revealed in fittingly operatic proportions. Thunderstruck by the young Mussolini's charisma, Ida Dalser gives up everything to help champion his revolutionary ideas. When he disappears during World War I and later resurfaces with a new wife,In Vincere, the closely guarded story of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's secret lover and son is revealed in fittingly operatic proportions. Thunderstruck by the young Mussolini's charisma, Ida Dalser gives up everything to help champion his revolutionary ideas. When he disappears during World War I and later resurfaces with a new wife, the scorned Dalser and her son are locked away in separate asylums for more than a decade. But Ida will not disappear without a fight. (IFC Films)… Expand

Director: Marco Bellocchio

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, History

Rating: Unrated

Runtime: 128 min

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Jay Weissberg

It's a thrilling, at times brilliant piece of staging that never forgets the emotional pull of either the tragic personal tale or the ramifications of history. Read full review

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Wesley Morris

Setting aside, just for a moment, his general loathsomeness, there is a case to be made for a less apparent aspect of Benito Mussolini: He was once really hot. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

A sustained, alternatingly exhausting and aesthetically exhilarating howl of a film. Read full review

Joe Williams

Vincere, which translates as the battle cry "Win!" is like invisible ink on the ledger of war, a secret record of love and loss. Read full review

David Denby

Bellocchio gets the opera-buffa and the carnival side of Italian Fascism, and parts of the movie are excruciatingly funny. Read full review

James Berardinelli

Vincere is Ida's story, but it says as much about fascist Italy and its ruler as it does about the central character. Read full review

Joe Neumaier

There’s visual poetry here and haunted performances from Mezzogiorno and Timi -- who plays two roles, and is especially gripping as Dalser’s grown son. Read full review

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HuguesF.

Mar 29, 2010

Through the struggle of this woman, Bellocchio not only is critical of fascism and of the dictatorship of Mussolini.. It is too a real hymn to cinema as a medium conveying meaning in an alienated world. In this point of view,it is by itself an act of resistance, in a world invaded by Through the struggle of this woman, Bellocchio not only is critical of fascism and of the dictatorship of Mussolini.. It is too a real hymn to cinema as a medium conveying meaning in an alienated world. In this point of view,it is by itself an act of resistance, in a world invaded by advertisements, and whose Imaginary is colonized by the society of the spectacle. Bellocchio offers us an operatic tour de force. Performance by both actors is exceptional, but especially from Giovanna Mezzogiorno, amazingly inhabited in the role of her young career (A performance and a movie that would undeniably have deserved more prizes, had Cannes jury been fair, or had Italy selected it as the Italian candidate for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Movie, instead of a more commercial one).… Expand

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Diezmartinez

Sep 22, 2010

Con un vigor narrativo y una inventiva visual envidables, Bellocchio echa mano de un estilo dirÃase operÃ¡tico/futurista para contar la trÃ¡gica historia de la primera familia del joven socialista Benito Mussolini, repudiada y aplastada cuando "Il Duce"Con un vigor narrativo y una inventiva visual envidables, Bellocchio echa mano de un estilo dirÃase operÃ¡tico/futurista para contar la trÃ¡gica historia de la primera familia del joven socialista Benito Mussolini, repudiada y aplastada cuando "Il Duce" cambiÃ³ de bando para convertirse en lider del fascismo. Giovanna Mezzogiorno estÃ¡ extraordinaria.… Expand

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JaneG.

Mar 28, 2010

Dark, impossibly dark, dreary and not worth the trouble. All the critics loved this but very disappointing.

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