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	<title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Monica Birladeanu</title>
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		<title>FRANCESCA Controversy: Alessandra Mussolini Called &#8220;a Whore&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Censorship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alessanda Mussolini]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bobby Paunescu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Francesca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monica Birladeanu]]></category>
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Monica Birladeanu in Francesca (top); Bobby Paunescu (bottom)

Romanian-born filmmaker Bobby Paunescu&#8217;s Francesca, which premiered at this year&#8217;s Venice Film Festival, may be banned from Italian screens following a legal motion by far-right lawmaker Alessandra Mussolini (right), granddaughter of dictator Benito Mussolini and niece of Sophia Loren. Reason for Mussolini&#8217;s outrage: in one scene in Francesca, she is called &#34;a whore.&#34; (In 2007, Mussolini created a furor after stating that all Romanians living in Italy were &#34;criminals.&#34;)
According to reports, right-wing Verona mayor Flavio Tosi has said he has also filed a criminal complaint against  Francesca because in the film he is depicted in a &#34;vulgar&#34; manner. Tosi, who has been accused of both racism  and instigating racial hatred, is [...]]]></description>
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