Different from Whom?

Different from Whom?
Directed byUmberto Carteni
Written byFabio Bonifacci
Starring
CinematographyMarcello Montarsi
Edited byConsuelo Cartucci[1]
Music byMassimo Nunzi
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures[1]
Release date
  • 20 March 2009 (2009-03-20)
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.[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.
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