In 1936 the Italian Fascist government destroyed more than 1000 "offensive" photographic negatives taken by the renowned Wilhelm von Gloeden in Taormina in the late 19th century. But the interrogation of one of the boys in the photographs--now an old man--reveals an even more heartbreaking history.
Cast:
CESARE ACROSSO, 41, Podesta of Taormina, handsome, clean-shaven, also plays:
WILHELM VON GLOEDEN, 41, photographer, bearded
FRANCESCO MAFFIOTTI, 43, Italian Fascist official, also plays: SEBASTIAN MELMOTH, 43, English poet
PANCRAZIO BUCIUNI, 57, Sicilian photographer, wears mustache and glasses, also plays:
PANCRAZIO BUCIUNI, 18, model, dark and beautiful
