Another side of Benito Mussolini, the sex drive, the secret mistress, the hidden love child, and the resulting trouble for his marriage and his ambitions, but more so for his mistress. An interesting subject, lurchingly chronicled, obscurely photographed, operatically scored. Giovanna Mezzogiorno delivers an impassioned performance from start to finish, but Filippi Timi gets bumped midway through by newsreels of the real Il Duce and gets demoted, weirdly, to the role of the bastard son. Written and directed by Marco Bellocchio. (2009) — Duncan Shepherd
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