Different from Whom?

2009 film
  • Luca Argentero
  • Claudia Gerini
  • Filippo Nigro
CinematographyMarcello MontarsiEdited byConsuelo Cartucci[1]Music byMassimo Nunzi
Production
company
Cattleya[1]
Distributed byUniversal Pictures[1]
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

  • Luca Argentero as Piero
  • Claudia Gerini as Adele
  • Filippo Nigro as Remo
  • Francesco Pannofino as Galeazzo
  • Giuseppe Cederna as Serafini
  • Antonio Catania as Corazza
  • Rinaldo Rocco as Samuele
  • Paolo Graziosi

Reception

The film has been cited as an example of sexual fluidity in recent queer European cinema.[2]

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.[3]

Awards

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

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Diverso da chi?". Archivio del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  2. ^ Dawson, Leanne (2018). Queer European Cinema: Queering Cinematic Time and Space. Abindon, Oxon, UK: Routledge. ISBN 9781351711586.
  3. ^ Richards, Stuart James (2016). The Queer Film Festival: Popcorn and Politics. Melbourne, Australia: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 111. ISBN 9781137590343.

External links

  • Different from Whom? at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata


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