意大利一部宗教电影出现耶稣基督喝罐装可乐的情节和画面，梵蒂冈教廷看了并没意见，反倒引起了可口可乐公司不满。* N6 r( k% T! x7 U7 C4 B
: C2 i1 G5 K( }& x 这部名叫“距耶路撒冷七公里”的影片将于本周五耶稣受难日当天在意大利上映。电影以虚构手法讲述耶稣基督于21世纪在中东传教和生活的情况，传教期间，他在沙漠遇上男主角福特，还喝了罐装可口可乐。 4 o: `/ t7 U* P: c; |9 X 1 f$ K# r9 `+ z& E8 R1 u 意大利可口乐公司看到影片后，去函投诉，指不能接受电影公司未经授权使用其旗下品牌。 : {* [* ^$ T. ~/ R6 j3 O8 b3 q& n2 V9 x* G; X1 B
但该电影导演马拉蓬蒂说，这部电影在梵蒂冈上映时颇获好评，耶稣喝可乐一幕亦没引起教廷反感，并说电影凸显了耶稣是历来最伟大的传道人，可口可乐公司的反应让他难以理解。0 O# G7 R3 E! m5 t+ X Q0 ~& c/ ~2 s
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At least according to Coca-Cola Italia, a division of the soda-maker that has moved to stop an Italian filmmaker from releasing a modern-day version of the life of Christ that features Jesus polishing off a can of Coke, the Times of London reports.' Y6 |2 s4 T3 M4 ~
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In Claudio Malaponti's "Seven Kilometers From Jerusalem," Jesus drinks the soft drink during a dusty Jeep ride through the desert.& M. q* u4 T9 d2 @, y5 G3 F. o
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Coca-Cola Italia wants the scene to be cut before the film's Friday release. It's a demand the filmmaker thinks is ridiculous. # s8 D5 P6 K$ a8 G* M7 i: z: G* Y) d$ I9 }; i5 `, h
“The Pope did not object to the Coca-Cola scene," Malaponti said. "It is a coherent part of a film in which Jesus is portrayed as the greatest communicator of all time. This is a profoundly religious film.” @9 Y- p/ D7 e e% r2 M( t6 |! s% L X2 Z" b/ l
But company officials are adamant that the scene portrays the soda-maker in a negative light. "We are not interested in this kind of product placement," a spokeswoman for the company told the paper.
