Bellochio is a thrice-time nominee for the Venice Film Festival Golden Lion and has been nominated six times for a Palme d’Or. After almost five decades of film making he was awarded a Gold Lion for Lifetime Achievement in 2011. The season will open with the Australian premiere of his latest film, the controversial, Dormant Beauty (Bella addormentata) (2012). It will also include screenings of Vincere (2009), In the Name of the Father (Nel nome del padre) (1971/2011) and close with Good Morning, Night (Buongiorno, notte) (2004).
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