Blood of My Blood (2015 film)

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Blood of My Blood
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Film poster
Directed by Marco Bellocchio
Written byMarco Bellocchio
Starring Roberto Herlitzka
Alba Rohrwacher
Cinematography Daniele Ciprì
Music by Carlo Crivelli
Release date
  • 8 September 2015 (2015-09-08)(Venice)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian
Box office$424,494 [1]

Blood of My Blood (Italian : Sangue del mio sangue) is a 2015 Italian drama film directed by Marco Bellocchio. It was screened in the main competition section of the 72nd Venice International Film Festival [2] [3] and in the Masters section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. [4]

Contents

Cast

Reception

Box office

Blood of My Blood grossed $424,494 at the box office. [1]

Critical response

Blood of My Blood has an approval rating of 71% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 7 reviews, and an average rating of 6.7/10. [5] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 81 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". [6]

Awards

Awards
AwardCategoryRecipients and nomineesResult
72nd Venice International Film Festival Golden Lion Marco Bellocchio Nominated
Green Drop AwardMarco BellocchioNominated
FIPRESCI AwardMarco BellocchioWon

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