Ukraine bans Baron Cohen's Bruno movie
Posted on: Wednesday, 15 July 2009, 09:52 CDT
The Ukrainian Culture and Tourism Ministry Wednesday said it banned Sacha Baron Cohen's latest hit movie Bruno
because the film harms public morals.
A Ukrainian commission of experts that watched Bruno
ruled the film, which tells the story of a gay Austrian fashion journalist, includes obscene language, homosexual scenes, scenes of sadism and behavior that could harm public morals, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported.
Deputy Culture Minister Tymofiy Kokhan, who headed the team of experts watching Bruno,
said nine out of 14 commission members opposed the film's distribution and showing in Ukraine.
Cohen's breakout film Borat: Cultural learnings of America for make benefit glorious nation of Kazakhstan,
ridiculed the United States and the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan. Russia and Kazakhstan banned Borat in 2006.
Source: United Press International
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