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。. `4 O% T0 I, e) Q
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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。 C1 }7 d% [* k9 Z 0 [8 v" X( ]! G4 ]9 v S. M/ R" z4 z( ? 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。 " n& V6 Y/ x$ e4 o: m+ Z6 a: I , q% ]+ W$ U& l T9 T6 J& E! X 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。 4 v4 |0 M3 R6 j! v3 S - E" P6 O; }# V2 J$ P8 J; ZJesus could turn water into wine, but he certainly didn't drink Coca-Cola. 7 Q6 i6 q3 [5 c! z0 b, h% J7 |* q
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.; W. N3 L9 h- O6 K, _
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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.% F1 y' M) t8 j/ C5 s- a+ _( K
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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.$ [5 J U) S- P& x' ~
/ d. l! w) o% ^0 s. X“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.” ( o% B$ c& @3 k) l. T5 e' e* I " Z! s# l5 `+ }* Z: L. t$ a; mBut 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.
