‘M. Son Of The Century’ Review: Joe Wright’s Mussolini Series Brilliantly Depicts How Banal Evil Gets Its Way- Venice Film Festival
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deadline.comIt was Adolf Hitler’s name that became synonymous with evil, but his Italian counterpart — Benito Mussolini, named for a Mexican revolutionary leader by his staunchly Socialist father — was arguably the more enduring brand.
Any populist politician today owes a good deal to the Mussolini playbook, brought to explosive life in an extraordinary Italian-language series by British director Joe Wright.
M. Son of the Century sticks to the facts of the great dictator’s life, which are extraordinary enough, but stretches those facts into surreal shapes until we feel we’re in some parallel historical universe.
Wright’s brassy style — unlike anything he has done before — owes something to Fellini, but a whole lot more to its subject.
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