Mark Cousins, director of the documentary: «Your ideas are very dangerous». Answer from Santanchè: “I prefer Tognazzi and Gassman”
First day of screenings at the Venice International Film Festival and immediately the first political controversy. In the final part of the film March on Rome, an out-of-competition documentary opening the Days of the Authors, Irish director Mark Cousins screens an image of Giorgia Meloni alongside that of other politicians, including Vladimir Putin and Jair Bolsonaro conclude his work with a reflection on the danger of a return of fascism.
In the mail comes the reply from the Senator of the Brothers of Italy, Daniela Santanchè: “In the historical films I have never seen Meloni’s face, in fact hers is simply not there”. The hall was full in the morning in Venice, while outside it was raining and a minute of applause from the spectators of the “Sala Perla” for the director, who finally explained to Corriere TV why he had inserted an image of the President of Fratelli d’Italy in his Work. “I’m a foreigner and I’m not voting here, but the way Meloni spoke to Vox in Spain and said, ‘No Lgbt, yes to the universality of the cross’ is similar to that of the 11th-century Crusades and is therefore dangerously bringing the.” Security in trouble, minorities and I feel compelled to say so ».
Noting that Giorgia Meloni would achieve the Council presidency by winning democratic elections, Cousins nods, but clarifies: “It is true, but many right-wing and left-wing politicians came to power through elections. But the question that needs to be asked is: What stories are they telling? They tell you that you are a victim of that particular person, they show you that we are the cradle of civilization and others are not. It’s important how they use stories to manipulate reality and make everything either black or white. Now I know that Meloni said he was not a fascist and maybe not like Mussolini, but the language he uses is very dangerous for the citizens. I don’t mean that you are personally dangerous, it’s your ideas that are dangerous ».
The film, which hits theaters on October 20, is inspired by a philological reading of ‘A noi’, produced in 1923 as the official document of the Fascist Party during the days that brought Benito Mussolini to power. It ends with “Bella ciao”, sung by Alba Rohrwacher, who plays Anna, a woman from a humble background, initially a staunch supporter of the regime, then very critical. A woman who usually meets on the red carpet of the first evening of the Cinema exhibition when no election campaign is imminent is Daniela Santanchè: I will come on the 7th in Venice. At the moment I prefer “The March on Rome” by Vittorio Gassman and Ugo Tognazzi. They could better describe the climate of those years. Anyway, now I’ll watch the videos again, I don’t want Meloni’s face to have escaped me ».
August 31, 2022 – Updated August 31, 2022 5:14 p.m
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