TIFF Cinematheque presents the works of veteran Italian filmmaker Marco Bellocchio in his first TIFF Cinematheque major retrospective.
TIFF CINEMATHEQUE
Marco Bellocchio: A Leap in the Dark
January 10 to January 29, 2025
TIFF LIGHTBOX
350 King St W | Toronto ON
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With a career spanning an extraordinary six decades, Marco Bellocchio is one of Italy’s — and the world’s — great, adventurous filmmakers. This long-overdue retrospective arises during a particularly fertile time in Bellocchio’s career, marked by a string of masterworks, including Kidnapped (TIFF ’23). Since making one of the greatest debuts in film history, the dramatic yet exhilarating Fists in the Pocket in 1965, Bellocchio has, with varying styles, delved head-on into the complexities of recent Italian history, fearlessly exploring the impacts of institutions — family, state, and church — upon the individual and political subversion. While quintessentially Italian in their subjects, his films are also deeply personal and universal in their appeal.
Marco Bellocchio: A Leap in the Dark will launch with special guest Pier Giorgio Bellocchio (Buongiorno, notte, My Brilliant Friend), Marco Bellocchio’s son, an actor who appears in many of the director’s films and will also be in attendance for post-show Q&As.
This 14-film major retrospective will also be accompanied by a free publication, Marco Bellocchio, published by Cinecittà with support from the Istituto Italiano di Cultura.
The retrospective is programmed by TIFF Cinematheque Director of Programming Robyn Citizen and Senior Curator Andréa Picard.
Tickets for this retrospective will go on sale to TIFF Members on Wednesday, December 18, and to the public on Friday, December 20.
Presented by TIFF Cinematheque, Cinecittà, and Cinémathèque québécoise in Montréal, in collaboration with the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Toronto and in Montreal.
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