Vincere

True love may be hard to shake, but it isn’t like the Il Duce of the ’30s was still the same man that Dalser—or Italy—married.

An occasionally exhilarating retelling of a fascinating, little-known story.

...with Filippo Timi channelling the young Duce to great effect – we are asked to see Mussolini's political ambition as an extension of his sexual drive.

The film is beautifully well-mounted. The locations, the sets, the costumes, everything conspire to re-create the Rome of that time.

...is both an act of historical remembrance and an interrogation into the methods of history's representation.