Lockdown all’italiana, a low-budget film about adultery during coronavirus, dismays viewers
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The tawdry billboard posters featuring an older man with his trousers down and a young attractive woman in high-cut gym shorts were enough to disgust Italians even before Thursday’s release of Lockdown all’italiana, a comedy set against the backdrop of the country’s coronavirus lockdown.
Director Enrico Vanzina intended the low-budget film, whose central theme is adultery, to be “a sign of hope” amid a tragedy that has so far killed over 36,000 people in Italy. Instead, many have accused him of trying to make money out of death. As the film was advertised across Italy, hundreds took to social media to vent their outrage. “At a time when we need comfort and beauty, this type of stuff has a demeaning ugliness,” wrote one.
