Vincere

Release Date: March 19th, 2010

Starring: Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Filippo Timi, Corrado Invernizzi, Fausto Russo Alesi, Michela Cescon

Director: Marco Bellocchio

Writer: Marco Bellocchio, Daniela Ceselli

Studio: IFC Films

Genre: Biography, Drama, History

Runtime: 2 hours 08 minutes

The film is a biographical drama. The plot is based on the story of the secret marriage of the Italian dictator (Filippo Timi) to Ida Dalser (Giovanna Mezzogiorno). It is seldom discussed in history books but this fact doesn’t alleviate the drama of the situation. They meet when Mussolini is just at the dawn of his political career. The film reveals their complex, full of contradictions and ambiguity relationship. Head over heels in love, Dalser sells off her possession in order to raise money for financing the publication of socialist newspaper and helping a fascist dictator-to-be to build his career.  She believes his words about "socially emancipated future” and wholly shares his ideals.

Having borne Mussolini a son, Dalser finds out that he has already had another family and begins to protest the situation. Her request ruins her own life and the life her adulterate son. The Fascist dictator does his best to get rid of her.

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