Vincere, an Italian-French co-production directed by Marco Bellocchio reveals the closely guarded story of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini’s secret lover and son in fittingly operatic proportions
TIRANA, May 2 – Italian director Marco Bellocchio who last year won the Golden Gladiator Award in the fourth edition of Durres International Film Festival for his “Vincere” movie will be in Albania this weekend to withdraw his prize. The movie will also be screened at the Millennium Cinema, Tirana, on May 5, at 20:30, as part of the European Film Festival in Albania. Giovanna Mezzogiorno, who stars in the movie, will also be handed over the best lead actress award she received last September in the Durres International Film Festival.
During his stay in Albania, director Marco Bellocchio will also hold a meeting with students of the Marubi film school in Tirana and visit Durres where his Sorelle Mai film will be screened at the local Aleksander Moisiu theatre on May 6.
Vincere, an Italian-French co-production directed by Marco Bellocchio reveals the closely guarded story of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini’s secret lover and son in fittingly operatic proportions.
The fourth edition of the festival, held from August 27 to September 2, 2011, brought to Durres some of the best European and Balkan latest productions competing for the Golden Gladiator and many other prizes.
Francis Ford Coppola, the famous U.S director, was the festival’s special guest. Another special guest at the festival was Italian-Tunisian actress Claudia Cardinale who was honoured with a career award. The official competition consisted of 8 features selected among the most significant recent productions and 6 features at Balkan World Section.
This festival’s special programme was dedicated to Turkish cinema as an example of how a Balkan cinema can grow to reach the universal.
The Albanian cinema was represented with two out of competition movies, the “In the Woods” movie by Albanian born US based Zenelaj sisters and the “Out of touch” movie by Andi Deliana, another Albanian director who lives in the U.S.
