Ukrane bans Bruno
Film deemed morally harmful
Ukraine has banned Bruno, claiming Sacha Baron Cohen's comedy could ‘damage the moral upbringing of our citizens’.
In declaring it unfit for public viewing, the country’s culture ministry especially objected to the scenes of nudity and gay sex.
A commission decided that the film contained an ‘artistically unjustified exhibition of sexual organs and sexual relations, homosexual acts in a blatantly graphic form, obscene language, sadism, anti-social behaviour which could damage the moral upbringing of our citizens.’
Meanwhile the Diamond Screen cinema in Navan, Co Meath, is telling potential customers the Bruno movie is 'particularly vile'.
Its listings hotline features a message saying: "Today we are showing Bruno at 3.15pm and 8.20pm and it carries a 16 cert.
'Now, Bruno is particularly vile. It leads to a hell of a lot of complaints from people who say, "We didn't think it was that bad"'. It is that bad, it'll offend every prejudice in the book, believe me. So don't come on after the film and tell us how horrible it was.’
The man reluctantly conceded: 'One or two people have enjoyed it, though.’
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