Stolen Kisses: Homosexual Love in Fascist Italy

Stolen Kisses: Homosexual Love in Fascist Italy

2021
54min

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.

Stolen Kisses: Homosexual Love in Fascist Italy

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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.
Cast
Luca Ward
Luca Ward
The Scientist
Francesco Baj
Sailor (voice)
Stefano Brusa
Stefano Brusa
Soldier #1 (voice)
Fabrizio Bucci
Raimondo (voice)
Daniela Calò
Daniela Calò
Maria (voice)
Alessandro Cappa
Giovanni Comisso (voice)
Marco Fumarola
Police Officer (voice)
Stefano Macchi
Soldier #2 (voice)
Andrea Moretti
Mogliana Youth (voice)
Corrado Oddi
Corrado Oddi
Filippo de Pisis (voice)
Rocco Tedeschi
Ottone Rosai (voice)
Valentina Cervi
Valentina Cervi
Additional Voice (voice)
Sabrina Impacciatore
Sabrina Impacciatore
Additional Voice (voice)
Neri Marcorè
Neri Marcorè
Additional Voice (voice)
Gianni Rossi Barilli
Self - Journalist
Francesco Gnerre
Self - Professor
Giovanni Dall'Orto
Self - Historian
Dario Petrosino
Self - Historian
Silvia Mazzoleni
Self - Teacher
Marzio Govoni
Self - Collector
Alberto Lenzi
Self - Collector
Riccardo Esposito
Self - Book Publisher
Ausilia Veneruso
Self - Book Publisher
Marcela Leone de Andreis
Self - Historian
Margherita Giacobino
Self - Writer
Paolo Hutter
Self - Journalist (voice) (archive footage)
Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Sandro Penna
Self - Poet (archive footage)
Filippo de Pisis
Self - Poet (archive footage)
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