BELLOCCHIO MARCO IN VENICE WITH THE RESTORATION OF “CHINA ‘CLOSE’

Marco Bellocchio returns to the Venice Film Festival, but not in the contest but with the revival of his restored film “China is near.”
At the “Corriere della Sera”, in a lengthy interview, reiterated his intention not to race more like a festival: “I intend to keep his promise to no longer participate in the race.” On September 3, the film’s director Piacenza will be presented in the restored version.

In the article signed by Giuseppina Manin, the director of Bobbio (Piacenza) recounts the genesis of his film that portrayed the era of political, staging the dilemmas of a generation. “It will be strange to see him again after 47 years.’m Curious – says Bellocchio – the gaze of a young person today in front of the story of Victor, rich bourgeois province (Glauco Mauri), who stands for election to the Socialist Unity Party, in those years the government with the Christian Democrats. Application which causes the anger of his brother Camillo (Pierluigi Apra), a militant Maoist. Two positions left at the time, the first ready to compromise, the second picturesque and pathetic. “