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Blood of My Blood
Blood of My Blood
	Film poster
Directed by	Marco Bellocchio
Written by	Marco Bellocchio
Starring	Roberto Herlitzka; Alba Rohrwacher
Cinematography	Daniele Ciprì
Music by	Carlo Crivelli
Release date	8 September 2015 (Venice);
Running time	106 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian
Box office	$424,494

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]

Cast

Roberto Herlitzka as the count
Pier Giorgio Bellocchio as Federico
Lidiya Liberman as Benedetta
Alba Rohrwacher as Maria Perletti
Federica Fracassi as Marta Perletti
Fausto Russo Alesi as Cacciapuoti
Alberto Cracco as the Franciscan Inquisitor
Sebastiano Filocamo as the Father confessor
Bruno Cariello as Angelo
Filippo Timi as the madman
Toni Bertorelli as Dr Cavanna
Ivan Franek as Rikalkov
Patrizia Bettini as the count's wife
Elena Bellocchio as Elena
Alberto Bellocchio as Cardinal Federico Mai

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
Award	Category	Recipients and nominees	Result
72nd Venice International Film Festival	Golden Lion	Marco Bellocchio	Nominated
	Green Drop Award	Marco Bellocchio	Nominated
	FIPRESCI Award	Marco Bellocchio	Won