Different from Whom?

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Different from Whom?
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Directed byUmberto Carteni
Written byFabio Bonifacci
StarringLuca Argentero
CinematographyMarcello Montarsi
Music byMassimo Nunzi
Release date
  • 2009 (2009)
LanguageItalian

Different from Whom? (Italian: Diverso da chi?) is a 2009 Italian comedy film directed by Umberto Carteni.

Plot[]

Piero is a young openly gay left-wing politician who lives in Trieste with his boyfriend Remo. During his mayoral election campaign the party decides to also to run Adele, a Catholic and strict conservative politician, as deputy mayor. Piero and Adele will discover to be attracted to each other, causing a stir among the voters and the political opponents, and suddenly turning Piero's boyfriend Remo into the odd man out.

Cast[]

Reception[]

The film has been cited as an example of sexual fluidity in recent queer European cinema.[1]

Different from Whom? was criticized by a panelist at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival as a film that was "made for straight audiences" and claimed that the film panders to heterosexuals who are uncomfortable with homosexuality.[2]

Awards[]

  • 2009 - Globi d'oro
    • Best First Feature to Umberto Carteni
    • Nomination Best Comedy to Umberto Carteni

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Dawson, Leanne (2018). Queer European Cinema: Queering Cinematic Time and Space. Abindon, Oxon, UK: Routledge. ISBN 9781351711586.
  2. ^ Richards, Stuart James (2016). The Queer Film Festival: Popcorn and Politics. Melbourne, Australia: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 111. ISBN 9781137590343.

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