They're Not Just Polish...

Haven't written much about Italian Jews in the past for similar reasons why I didn't write about the Polish Jews. But there is some evidence about Italians--from Quebec especially! May have mentioned a movie, Mambo Italiano, 2003 about some gay men and their Italian families. I didn't watch the whole thing because I felt it wasn't necessary; but I saw the first half or so. A line I remembered was, "There's no fate worse than being gay--and Italian!" The movie was set in the city of Montreal; and it has been distributed in different countries around the world, but not through the biggest film companies. One of the gay men in the film was also a police officer--a fictional story--although it was based on the real-life experiences of the Canadian screenwriter. *** Another film was "The Orange Thief," from 2007 if I recall. It was actually filmed in Italy--maybe it was an American film company? [Don't have time to look it up right now.] And this movie contains elements from the police project--and from the Queen Lady story, I believe. *** Have heard there are a lot of Italian Jews around the Montreal area. [Don't know what they're up to otherwise.] The Mounties have been represented by the red colour; and some gay interests in Ontario have been represented by an orange colour, at times [within the police project]. Sometimes the red and orange colours have been shown together, although of course they don't match very well! [We're working on it.] *** There was also an Italian family in a film I mentioned long ago, in connection with the "Irish boy." It was filmed in an area somewhat similar to the neighbourhood where he and I lived as children..... [Won't repeat everything here.] *** And there were the two men I met in Quebec long ago--they were Italian Jews to my knowledge--and they were friends of my French teacher in college. [Have written about this elsewhere also.--Maybe the stories can be found more easily through the Labels section.]