Stolen Kisses: Homosexual Love in Fascist Italy

Name: Stolen Kisses: Homosexual Love in Fascist Italy
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 14 Feb 2021
Rating: 6.00
Cast: Luca Ward, Francesco Baj, Stefano Brusa, Fabrizio Bucci, Daniela Calò

2021-02-14 Italy 54 minutes.

6.00 2 votes

Documentary History male homosexuality docudrama female homosexuality sexual repression lgbt italian history 1930s personal stories social prejudice gay theme italian fascism gay artist letters lesbian homosexuality

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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.

Year 2021

Studio Istituto Luce Cinecittà

Director Fabrizio Laurenti, Gabriella Romano

Crew Fabrizio Laurenti (Writer), Gabriella Romano (Writer), Fabrizio Laurenti (Director of Photography), Patrizia Penzo (Editor), Ugo Laurenti (Original Music Composer), Niccolò Palomba (Additional Director of Photography)

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Language Italiano