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。 2 i* U7 D8 _8 {5 F! B" p* p) a- t) p! R9 V# t3 m
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。 1 z( r& I& P4 N5 Z1 G/ n/ s q+ ^; N8 _
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。: S+ v0 e: m1 O
8 T: T% s W* j6 g0 i 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。 % p5 Z% _! g2 s q - o$ C% j: v+ X4 _) p; JJesus could turn water into wine, but he certainly didn't drink Coca-Cola. 0 ^8 h' i& g. T; @+ ?% Z* l6 v$ S
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. 1 f) }9 r" |; \/ C5 z: s$ x/ K9 G: k, L7 r8 t
In Claudio Malaponti's "Seven Kilometers From Jerusalem," Jesus drinks the soft drink during a dusty Jeep ride through the desert. 4 N& Z e' s9 b1 [$ J$ K$ Q _' j; z$ P! ]( N/ p
Coca-Cola Italia wants the scene to be cut before the film's Friday release. It's a demand the filmmaker thinks is ridiculous. * t2 J$ R% k) H5 b" v1 A 4 j, L: D1 Y% H+ 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.” & l% t$ G6 _5 d0 [1 }; I( |1 K# o5 ?. d
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.
