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Baci rubati : amori omosessuali nell'Italia fascista / regia di Fabrizio Laurenti, Gabriella Romano
LIBRA DVD/PAL HQ76.3.I8 B32 2021 DVD + book
By Request
- Format:
- Video
- Standardized Title:
- Baci rubati (Motion picture : 2021)
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Homosexuality--Italy--History--20th century.
- Homosexuality.
- Gay men--Italy--Social conditions--20th century.
- Gay men.
- Lesbians--Italy--Social conditions--20th century.
- Lesbians.
- Sexual minorities--Italy--Social conditions--20th century.
- Sexual minorities.
- Fascism and sex--Italy--History--20th century.
- Fascism and sex.
- Homophobia--Italy--History--20th century.
- Homophobia.
- Italy--Social conditions--1918-1945.
- Italy.
- Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945--Influence.
- Mussolini, Benito.
- Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945.
- Gay men--Social conditions.
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).
- Lesbians--Social conditions.
- Social conditions.
- LGBTQ+ persecutions.
- Persecution of gay men.
- Persecution of lesbians.
- Persecution of queer people.
- Anti-gay discrimination.
- Anti-gay violence.
- Secrecy.
- LGBTQ+ history.
- LGBTQ+ people.
- Genre:
- documentary film.
- Documentary films
- Feature films
- History
- Nonfiction films
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (53 min.) : sound, color and black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 volume (79 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm)
- Edition:
- Special edition, libro + DVD.
- Other Title:
- Container title: Baci rubati : amori omosessuali nell'Italia di Mussolini
- Place of Publication:
- Roma : Istituto Luce Cinecittà, [2021]
- Language Note:
- In Italian; optional subtitles in English.
- System Details:
- DVD; PAL; region 2; 16:9 presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- PAL
- region 2
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- "The proposed Article 528 of the 1925 Italian code of law stated that "anyone who commits libidinous acts on a person of the same sex, or consents to these acts, when this causes public scandal, is punished with a six months to three years prison sentence". But to mention homosexuality would have meant to admit it existed. Italy had to be the country of real "new" men, dedicated to their families and to the demographic effort the regime required. Mussolini's regime resolved to erase the Article from the legal code rather than admit homosexuals existed. Homosexuality would be "tolerated" only if not visible. Carabinieri, police, Mayors, psychiatrists and the church ensured that any form of visibility would be punished ... Homosexuals had to be invisible if they wanted to survive, avoid attracting attention, remain in a grey limbo, while putting up with all sorts of humiliations."
- "This documentary makes for the first time the invisible visible, illustrating the still undocumented daily life of gay men and women during the Mussolini years (1922 - 1943). It narrates the complexity and variety of experiences of LGBT Italians during those years--so far remained confined to niche history books--and their strategies for survival, and their pursuit of happiness. Through letters, diaries and personal accounts it gives voice to individuals who could only communicate in clandestinity, using code words, meeting in secrecy and living totally underground lives. It narrates the "joie de vivre" of those who managed to live the way they had chosen, despite the persecution they suffered. Their intimate words contrast with the popular songs and the propaganda images of the time, obsessed with the myth of virility, femininity and motherhood, pervaded by sexual repression"--Film Italia website, viewed December 22, 2022.
- Participant:
- Luca Ward, Gianni Rossi Barilli, Giovanni Dall'Orto, "La Divina," Riccardo Esposito, Francesco Gnerre, Margherita Giacobino, Marzio Govoni, Alberto Lenzi, Marcella Leone de Andreis, "Maria," Silvia Mazzoleni, Dario Petrosino, Ausilia Veneruso ; voices of Valentina Cervi, Sabrina Impacciatore, Neri Marcorè.
- Credits:
- Screenwriters, Fabrizio Laurenti and Gabriella Romano ; montage, Patrizia Penzo ; music, Ugo Laurenti ; photography, Fabrizio Laurenti and Niccolò Palomba.
- Notes:
- Special features: Interviews with Dario Petrosino, Giovanni Dall'Orto, Margherita Giacobino, and Silvia Mazzoleni; trailer.
- Accompanied by book of the same title, which includes a behind-the-scenes history by Gianni Rossi Barilli.
- Monza Film Fest finalist; nominated, FOCAL International Awards 2021.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- OCLC:
- 1355841926
- Publisher Number:
- LD22002 Luce Cinecittà
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