Synopsis
Documentary-fiction about the director and his family’s holiday in his homeland. The journey is a means to confront the past, memories, one’s own origins, but it is also the radiography of an era.
A semi-unknown masterpiece by Marco Bellocchio

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Marco Bellocchio spends his holidays in his family home in Bobbio, near Piacenza, with his wife and little son. The days spend with his family and friends around the table, long evenings outdoors around the fire. Childhood memories and dreams of youth resurrect. This film is as much a portrait of Belloccio himself as that of a generation that matured in the 60s and 70s, years that radically changed Italian society.

753MB | 43m 37s | 1280×720 | mkv

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Language:Italian
Subtitles:None

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Two haunting Italian tales from different centuries in the convent prison of Bobbio, caught somewhere between past and present: a young 17th century priest falls under the spell of a bewitching nun and a modern-day tax investigator tries to push a mysterious old man out of hiding…

https://nitro.download/view/B34C81F362E0E74/Sangue.del.mio.Sangue.2015.BluRay.720p.x264.HORiZON-ArtSubs.mkv

Language(s):Italian
Subtitles:English, Italian

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Almost exclusively featuring his family, Bellocchio filmed over a ten year period with segments shot from 1999 to 2008. It begins when Elena (Bellocchio’s daughter, and an incredibly natural performer) is five. Elena’s mother, Sara (Finocchiaro), is an actress and is often away from home so Elena spends much of her time with her uncle Pier Giorgio (Bellocchio’s son), a frustrated artist. They live in the small town of Bobbio (Bellocchio’s hometown) with Pier Giorgio’s spinster aunts (Letizia and Maria Luisa Bellocchio).

Over ten years, the film follows these difficult relationships as the characters come and go from Bobbio, and Bellocchio captures the hopes, disappointments and yearnings of his own family. Moments from Bellocchio’s other films including Fist in His Pocket and The Nanny are also interspersed throughout as quick flashes that relate to the family’s onscreen drama.

This is not a filmic diary of the director’s family. Although the actors play themselves, their relationships have mostly been shifted to some degree. But as an experimental and dramatic work it is riveting viewing.

https://nitro.download/view/3A78721FB711E97/Sorelle.Mai.2010.avi
http://nitroflare.com/view/3BC17180E9E837D/Sorelle.Mai.2010.EN.23.976fps.srt

Language:Italian
Subtitles:English

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