"Both an act of historical remembrance and an interrogation into the methods of history's representation, Marco Bellocchio's operatic tour de force Vincere unearths the well-buried story of Mussolini's pre-war mistress, Ida Dalser. Drawing on stock footage that represents the official record of Il Duce's Italy, the director juxtaposes his own set of counter-images, switching the focus from the fascist leader to his abandoned lover, who remains determined to the end of her life to win official rec"
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Directed by : Marco BELLOCCHIO
Country: ITALY
Year: 2009
Duration: 128 minutes
SYNOPSIS
There is a secret in the life of Mussolini: a wife and a son, who was born, acknowledged and then denied. The secret bears a name: Ida Dalser. It is a dark page in history, one ignored in the official biography of the Duce.
When Ida meets Mussolini in Milan, he is the editor of Avanti and an ardent Socialist who intends to guide the masses towards an anti-clerical, anti-monarchical, socially emancipated fu"