Film

Stolen Kisses: Homosexual Love in Fascist Italy

2021 · 54m

Documentary, History

TMDB 6.0 · 2 votes

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
The Scientist
Francesco Baj
Sailor (voice)
Stefano Brusa
Soldier #1 (voice)
Fabrizio Bucci
Raimondo (voice)
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
Filippo de Pisis (voice)
Rocco Tedeschi
Ottone Rosai (voice)
Valentina Cervi
Additional Voice (voice)