2 M+ |; s) w$ O5 I* n! g 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。 ) M2 F- i8 v# c$ m8 m % C5 j! h1 L! t. z+ e; [ 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。 : z6 F/ H- r4 t+ X2 ~1 F( ` h" X' T o
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。 5 [. W- R- {/ _' }/ g$ X& d " M1 {# w& d$ {" W6 `! }7 R, \ p4 |Jesus could turn water into wine, but he certainly didn't drink Coca-Cola. 3 K8 J2 n& \7 u5 W k4 o K: D" E9 Y o" Z
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. & B: ~, ]2 U- W; X7 Z2 z# U1 i) Q9 O; D6 @
In Claudio Malaponti's "Seven Kilometers From Jerusalem," Jesus drinks the soft drink during a dusty Jeep ride through the desert., u! W( {5 E" t$ X5 G. `( T7 h
( G' d- H3 h& S, Q3 m5 m+ g" @1 p9 gCoca-Cola Italia wants the scene to be cut before the film's Friday release. It's a demand the filmmaker thinks is ridiculous.1 D& w$ D& D2 M
9 b. ?2 x6 S, `4 r/ F* k! R1 ^" s“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.” ) N& d' _/ {' Z0 ] 5 J4 C5 z1 O, ~4 I* Q! d; yBut 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.
