Ceccherini and the shock phrase about the Oscars: «The Jews will always win». Then the apology: "I didn't want to offend anyone"
«I meant to talk about films, I was playing, I was talking about betting for fun and films with that topic. But I admit that perhaps it would have been better if I didn't say anything."
" I apologize if anyone was offended, it was not my intention to offend anyone ." Thus the actor, director and screenwriter Massimo Ceccherini , to the press agencies, in the aftermath of his declarations - during the episode of "Da noi a libero" on Rai1 - on the victory "of the Jews" at the Oscars because "they always win They" . Words referring to the challenge for the best international film between “The Zone of Interest” by Jonathan Glazer, which later won the statuette, and “Io Capitano” by Matteo Garrone - of which Ceccherini is co-screenwriter .
Ceccherini's statements on TV had come under fire from the Jewish community , which defined it as "very serious and unacceptable" that the actor had revived "one of the saddest overused anti-Semitic stereotypes" .
"I meant to talk about films, I was playing, I was talking about bets for fun and films with that topic", Ceccherini added today. «But I admit that perhaps it would have been better if I didn't say anything . The one who scolded me the most is my wife."
On the defeat of the film Italy was banking on, he adds: «There is a bit of disappointment, it's natural. Io Capitano remains a beautiful film, it remains a dream for me to have worked with a great director like Garrone ."
(Unioneonline/vl)
