Il Signore Delle Formiche

[Machine Translation] No one can take away love and pride! Master filmmaker Gianni Amelio's "Human Dignity" raises questions about the dignity of human beings in this day and age. Aldo Brivanti, a real-life artist, and his lover Ettore. There are no homosexuals in our country, therefore there is no law. No homosexuals in our country, therefore no law" Mussolini. The film depicts the trajectory of two souls who lived through the harshest of times. --Piacenza, a city south of the Po River in the 1960s. Aldo, a poet, playwright, and researcher of ant ecology, organizes an art circle where many young people gather. Aldo is attracted to one of the young people, Ettore, and they go to Rome to start a life together. However, Ettore's family calls the police to separate them. Aldo is arrested on charges of sedition, a crime established under the Fascist regime, and Ettore is sent to a correctional facility where he is repeatedly subjected to electroshock to "cure" him of his homosexuality. The trial began under public scrutiny. Ennio, a newspaper reporter who attends the hearing, raises his voice against social intolerance...

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愛と誇りだけは、誰にも奪えない! 名匠ジャンニ・アメリオ監督が、今の時代にこそ問い直す"人間の尊厳"。実在した芸術家アルド・ブライバンティと、その恋人エットレ。「我が国に同性愛者はいない。ゆえに法律もない」 ムッソリーニ。過酷な時代を生きた、二つの魂の軌跡を描く。――1960年代、ポー川南部の街ピアチェンツァ。詩人で劇作家、蟻の生態研究者でもあるアルドが主催する芸術サークルには、多くの若者が集っていた。そんな中、アルドは若者の一人エットレと惹かれあい、二人はローマに出て生活を始める。しかし、エットレの家族は二人を引き離すため、警察に通報。アルドはファシスト政権下に成立した教唆罪で逮捕され、エットレは矯正施設に送られ、同性愛を"治療"するための電気ショックを幾度となく受けることになる。世間の好奇の目に晒されながら、裁判が始まった。傍聴に通う新聞記者エンニオは、社会の不寛容に声を上げるのだが・・・。