 Bellocchio's films include "China is Near" (1967), "Sbatti il mostro in prima pagina" ("Slap the Monster on Page One") (1972), "Nel Nome del Padre" ("In the name of the Father" – a satire on a Catholic boarding school that shares affinities with Lindsay Anderson's "If...") (1972), "Victory March" (1976), "A Leap in the Dark" (1980), "Henry IV" (1984), "Devil in the Flesh" (1986), and "My Mother's Smile" (2002), which told the story of a wealthy Italian artist, a 'default-Marxist and atheist', who suddenly discovers that the Vatican is proposing to make his detested mother a saint.In 1991 he won the Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival for his film "The Conviction".In 1995 he directed a documentary about the Red Brigades and the kidnapping of Aldo Moro, entitled "Broken Dreams".