Mussolini's granddaughter blocks movie that labels her a 'whore'

[Montauk6]

Venice Film Festival entry about immigration draws the ire of controversial figure
By Arifa Akbar, Arts Correspondent, in Venice
Monday, 7 September 2009



Alessandra Mussolini objected to a character in 'Francesca'
saying that she wants all Romanians killed

The Granddaughter of the Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini has blocked the release of a film which has received critical acclaim at the Venice Film Festival because a character in it refers to her as the "Mussolini whore" who wants all Romanians to be killed.

Alessandra Mussolini, a right-wing politician and a former actress, threatened the distributors of the film Francesca with legal action. She is demanding that the offending dialogue is removed or she says she will attempt to block it from nationwide release in Italy, due next month.

The lines in the film she takes issue with are spoken by an elderly Romanian character who is attempting to dissuade his granddaughter from leaving Romania for Italy. But Ms Mussolini, who in 2007 caused a political outcry by claiming that all Romanians living in Italy were "criminals", faxed a letter to the distribution company Fandango and festival organisers. In it she threatened to start legal proceedings for defamation unless the dialogue was either cut or the film cancelled from the festival's schedule, where it is a contender for the Orizzonti award, second to the festival's main Golden Lion prize...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/mussolinis-granddaughter-blocks-movie-that-labels--her-a-whore-1782933.html

[FreakinDJ]

1. "Spit or Swallow" - thats all I want to know

[Mari333]

2. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Montauk6]

3. (uh-oh...)

:popcorn:

[Cirque du So-What]

4. Italian fascists appear to have a problem

when called on their racism (or in the case of Berlusconi, their misogyny). The pity they are engendering is coming perilously close to breaking my fucking heart!

[lunatica]

5. She's a niece of Sophia Loren too?

The Italians sure know how to fling insults at each other. They've turned it into high art.

LOL!

I may have said it but you have no right to tell the world (insert Sicilian salute here)!

[kenny blankenship]

6. The Duce's granddaughter doesn't want to be called a whore

and Uncle Silvio is backing her up.

[Justitia]

7. How very fascist of her! Grandpa would be proud. -eom

[enid602]

8. chip off the old block

Shave off her hair and she looks like the old man.