17/05/2002

Marco Bellocchio´s latest film takes us on an inner journey into the soul of Ernesto Picciafoco, an atheist painter whose family decides to candidate their late mother for sainthood. Picciafoco never had an easy relationship with the woman who bore him and has no intention of underwriting the family´s initiative. Ernesto is separated from his wife Irene, who bore him a son called Leonardo. Ernesto must deal with Leonardo´s desire to attend religion lessons at school so as not to feel like an outsider. This is powerful film explores religion, atheism and the intellect.

The film on line

The trailer : from the Rai´s official web site plus the videoclip [Rai.it]italian

All about Bellocchio : the director talks about past and present-day Italy [Clorofilla.it] italian

In Cannes : The story of Bellocchio at the Cannes Film Festival [Festival-Cannes.com] french

Accused of blasphemy: extracts from the BBC´s story about the Italian Episcopal Conference´s accusing Bellocchio of blasphemy [Bbc.co.uk]

(Translated from Italian)