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The Mouth of the Wolf (original title: La bocca del lupo) is a 2009 biographical drama/documentary film written and directed by Pietro Marcello. It premièred at the 2009 Torino Film Festival in Turin, and won the FIPRESCI Prize for 'Best Film' and the Prize of the City of Torino.
Aug 4, 2011 · Pietro Marcello’s documentary “The Mouth of the Wolf,” filmed in Genoa, Italy, tells the story of a man and his transsexual partner who fell in love while they were in prison.
- Stephen Holden
- Pietro Marcello
Oct 15, 2022 · “In the Mouth of the Wolf” investigates the death of Regina Martínez, who exposed abuses in one of the most dangerous countries for journalists.
A breakthrough work of docu-fiction, Pietro Marcello’s The Mouth of the Wolf expertly balances various timelines with archival research to explore the relationship between two wayward souls trying to find themselves.
Commissioned by the Fondazione San Marcellino, a Jesuit order dedicated to helping society’s poor and marginalized, The Mouth of the Wolf masterfullly combines documentary with fiction and melancholy home movies from the past century with poetic images, sounds, and music of the waterfront today.
Film at Lincoln Center. Pietro Marcello’s haunting documentary is a sui generis love story, following the 20-year relationship between a Sicilian heavy named Vincenzo and a trans convict named Mary after their meet-cute in prison.
Aug 3, 2011 · A film about the love story of a transsexual and a hyper-masculine man, blurring documentary and fiction, sound and image. The film explores the split and non-split between masculine and feminine, imprisonment and freedom, lover and lover.
