Stolen Kisses: Homosexual Love in Fascist Italy

Stolen Kisses: Homosexual Love in Fascist Italy

2021
★★★☆☆ 6.0/10
⏱️ 54 minutes
📅 Released
🌐 IT
DocumentaryHistory
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
Francesco Baj
Sailor (voice)
Stefano Brusa
Stefano Brusa
Soldier #1 (voice)
Fabrizio Bucci
Fabrizio Bucci
Raimondo (voice)
Daniela Calò
Daniela Calò
Maria (voice)
Alessandro Cappa
Alessandro Cappa
Giovanni Comisso (voice)

Crew

Director
Gabriella Romano, Fabrizio Laurenti
Writer
Gabriella Romano, Fabrizio Laurenti
Producer
Enrico Bufalini, Maura Cosenza

Production

Istituto Luce Cinecittà

Keywords

lettermale homosexualitydocudramafemale homosexualitysexual repressionlgbtitalian history1930spersonal storiessocial prejudice