Italian actor Nanni Moretti He was accused by the Catholic Church for a graphic sex scene that he played in his last film, which is entitled Calm chaos, on the occasion of this, last Wednesday the actor, took advantage of a press conference at the Berlin Festival to defend himself, saying that the Italian media generated the controversy and that local politicians do not have the courage to confront the Vatican.
«It seems to me that politicians in Italy are more vulnerable and more afraid than before. (…) And the newspapers become more and more prisoners of their own hysterical bad quality »
Nanni Moretti
Here are a couple of comments made by the priest Nicholas Anselmi, referring to the film in a letter he wrote on a Catholic youth website.
«The two actors make love standing up, with their clothes on, without looking at each other. (…) It would be nice if some of these professional actors start to present conscientious objections and refuse to film erotic scenes that are vulgar and destructive »
Nicolo Anselmi, priest