Stolen Kisses: Homosexual Love in Fascist Italy

(2021)

★ 6 IMDb · 2 votes

Genres: Documentary, History

Year: 2021

Runtime: 54 мин

Country: Italy

Director: Gabriella Romano, Fabrizio Laurenti

Cast: Luca Ward, Francesco Baj, Stefano Brusa, Fabrizio Bucci, Daniela Calò, Alessandro Cappa, Marco Fumarola, Stefano Macchi, Andrea Moretti, Corrado Oddi

Plot

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.