In Marco Bellocchio’s operatic historical melodrama “Vincere,” a beautiful woman, intoxicated by sexual desire and political sloganeering, abandons all judgment and reason, losing her money, her ...

A tour-de-force turn as a scorned woman is the centerpiece of Marco Bellocchio’s Golden Palm-nominated “Vincere.” Perhaps more accurately dubbed “Monstrous Men and the Women Who Love Them,” the film ...

The latest film from veteran Italian filmmaker Marco Bellocchio is a collage of expressionistic flashes and newsreel footage pasted within the borders of a plodding historical drama. Called Vincere, ...

Vincere, the latest feature by veteran Italian director Marco Bellocchio, is about Ida Dalser, the first wife of fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. The audacious work is currently on the international ...

In Marco Bellocchio’s operatic historical melodrama “Vincere,” a beautiful woman, intoxicated by sexual desire and political sloganeering, abandons all judgment and reason, losing her money, her ...

One of the most surprising things about “Vincere” — the story of Ida Dalser, Mussolini’s secret wife and his first-born son, Benito — is that when the relationship went sour and Ida just wouldn’t let ...

In Marco Bellocchio's operatic historical melodrama "Vincere," a beautiful woman, intoxicated by sexual desire and political sloganeering, abandons all judgment and reason, losing her money, her ...

Although one of the 20th century’s most notorious dictators is the topic, the new film “Vincere” isn’t exactly about Benito Mussolini. It’s more about the effect of Mussolini. We see this effect most ...

IN Marco Bellocchio’s operatic historical melodrama “Vincere,” a beautiful woman, intoxicated by sexual desire and political sloganeering, abandons all judgment and reason, losing her money, her ...

"Vincere" is Italian for "win," something Benito Mussolini was driven to do. It makes sense that a similarly ambitious woman would love him, namely, Ida Dalser. She was the Italian Fascist dictator's ...

In Marco Bellocchio’s operatic historical melodrama “Vincere,” a beautiful woman, intoxicated by sexual desire and political sloganeering, abandons all judgment and reason, losing her money, her ...

Scorned: Giovanna Mezzogiorno as Ida Dalser in 'Vincere' There have been surprisingly few portrayals on film of Benito Mussolini – especially given that the notorious Italian dictator’s mannerisms and ...