Film

Stolen Kisses: Homosexual Love in Fascist Italy

6.0

0h 54m

2021

Synopsis

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.

Director

Fabrizio Laurenti

Gabriella Romano

DocumentaryHistory

lettermale homosexualitydocudramafemale homosexualitysexual repressionlgbtitalian history1930spersonal storiessocial prejudicegay themeitalian fascism