Rome, Apr. 8 (LaPresse) – “False and defamatory backstories.” This is how Federico Mollicone, Chairman of the Culture Committee of the Chamber of Deputies and FdI’s Culture and Innovation head, commented. “The documentary deserved funding because of its subject. I am among those who believe we should go all the way to uncover the truth. As I have already explained, I was not aware of the existence of a documentary on Giulio Regeni. I only learned about it from the newspapers after Procacci’s controversy. I believe we must go all the way on Regeni: of course, I considered a documentary on a case involving an Italian tortured abroad worthy of funding. I offer my availability to organize – similarly to what has been done with many other films, such as Eredi della Shoah, Operazione Batiscafo Trieste, L’uomo dal Fiore in Bocca, Remember This, or screenings of docufilms on Capucci, Vittoria Ottolenghi, and the Fiumicino massacre, which are certainly not dangerous heirs of the right but rather examples of the most open and stimulating pluralism – a discussion with Regeni’s parents and a screening, as has been done in the Senate,” he added.
“I reiterate that Parliament does not handle ministerial commissions,” Mollicone continued. “I recall that the commissions appointed by Franceschini rejected C’è ancora domani by Cortellesi, not knowing it would become a national phenomenon, as well as the film Il Nibbio, dedicated to Nicola Calipari. Politicizing the issue only poisons the climate around cinema, on which we are working on a reform law delegating the Government to reorganize cinema and audiovisual regulations, without blocking the tax credit.”