Film

Stolen Kisses: Homosexual Love in Fascist Italy 2021

Directed by Gabriella Romano, Fabrizio Laurenti

  • Documentary, History
  • 54 min

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.

DocumentaryHistorylettermale homosexualitydocudramafemale homosexualitysexual repressionlgbtitalian history1930spersonal storiessocial prejudicegay themeitalian fascism

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