Marco Bellocchio, director of "Portobello": "What struck me most was the inexplicable blindness of the judges"

The Portobello poster features a parrot perched on a black Punchinello mask. Its rich symbolism intrigued most of the holidaymakers and festival-goers strolling along the Lido beach in Venice, where the ^82nd edition of the Mostra ended on Saturday, September 6. It was the perfect launch for the new miniseries created by the master of Italian cinema, Marco Bellocchio, whose first two admirable episodes were previewed on the lagoon, before a broadcast on Arte scheduled for 2026. During a video interview with Le Monde , the 85-year-old filmmaker explains why he was interested in the presenter Enzo Tortora (1928-1988), unjustly accused of collusion with the Neapolitan Mafia .

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