Nietta's Diary
'Nietta's Diary' is a film about the lesbian relationship of Nietta Apra and Linda (Fluff) Mazzuccato in pre and post war Italy. The film centres upon the passionate love story as recounted through Nietta's unpublished diary. By the time of her death in 1990, Antonietta Apra was an established art historian and has published widely. She made no secret that she was a lesbian, even in fascist Italy, and her relationship with her translator Fluff Mazzuccato lasted 40 years.
The film alternates between dramatic re-enactment and interviews with colleagues and friends. Threading through the film are the poetic and romantic words of the diaries themselves. These difference versions of Nietta's personal life; the private and public histories, emphasise that whilst Nietta's and other lesbian's non-conformist lifestyles have been omitted from Italy's post-war history, Nietta, through the power of her private writing, ensures that her account of her life with another woman endures.
Description source: Cinenova paper archive