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Stolen Kisses: Homosexual Love in Fascist Italy (2021)
Directed by Fabrizio Laurenti, Gabriella Romano
Overview
Through letters, diaries and personal testimonies, an account of the complexity and variety of experiences of LGBT Italians during the Fascist dictatorship of Benito Mussolini (1922-43); intimate words that contrast with the lyrics of popular songs and the propaganda of the time, obsessed with extolling the myths of virility, femininity and motherhood and constrained by sexual repression.
Length 54 minutes
Actors
Luca Ward | Francesco Baj | Stefano Brusa | Fabrizio Bucci | Daniela Calò | Alessandro Cappa | Marco Fumarola | Stefano Macchi | Andrea Moretti | Corrado Oddi | Rocco Tedeschi | Valentina Cervi | Sabrina Impacciatore | Neri Marcorè | Gianni Rossi Barilli | Francesco Gnerre | Giovanni D'Addario | Dario Petrosino | Silvia Mazzoleni | Marzio Govoni | Alberto Lenzi | Riccardo Esposito | Ausilia Veneruso | Marcela Leone de Andreis | Margherita Giacobino | Paolo Hutter | Benito Mussolini | Sandro Penna | Filippo de Pisis