Stolen Kisses: Homosexual Love in Fascist Italy
2021 · 54m · N/A Documentary, History
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.
Director and cast
- Luca Ward as The Scientist
- Francesco Baj as Sailor (voice)
- Stefano Brusa as Soldier #1 (voice)
- Fabrizio Bucci as Raimondo (voice)
- Daniela Calò as Maria (voice)
- Alessandro Cappa as Giovanni Comisso (voice)
- Marco Fumarola as Police Officer (voice)
- Stefano Macchi as Soldier #2 (voice)
- Andrea Moretti as Mogliana Youth (voice)
- Corrado Oddi as Filippo de Pisis (voice)
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