Taviani Brothers Agreed to Mitigate Script of Film on Armenian Genocide

NIAN.Net
18.03.2006 01:54 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkey has protested against Taviani brothers,
world-wide known Italian film directors, going to shoot a film
called Lark Farm, dedicated to the Armenian Genocide. The Turkish
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) sent complaints to the Italian MFA.
Turkish Premier Erdogan drew the attention of his Italian counterpart
Silvio Berlusconi to the matter. The latter promised to do his
best “not to harm Turkish-Italian relations.” After calls of the
Turkish MFA, Taviani brothers agreed to mitigate the film script a
bit. They reported they will change the script and will accentuate
not the Armenian Genocide, but a love story. Turkey highlights it,
as Euromirage sponsors the film. The sum makes 600 thousand euros.
Turkey annually pays the organization 1 million euros. Thus Turks
conclude that an anti-Turkish film is shot at the expense of funds
from Turkey, the Marmara Istanbul newspaper reports.