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'Insulting' Benito Mussolini granddaughter film postponed

The distributors of a film that refers to Benito Mussolini's granddaughter as a "bitch who wants to kill all the Romanians" have agreed to cancel screenings pending a court decision on her complaint.

Francesca, about a Romanian who dreams of moving to Italy to open a kindergarten, screened twice at the Venice film festival and was to have been shown in public cinemas in the area on Sunday and Monday.

Alessandra Mussolini, 45, lodged a complaint last week over the film, in which Francesca's father also refers to Verona Mayor Flavio Tosi as the "s--- mayor" of the northern city.

Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)