Originally Published: 2007-04-29

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Pozzi, who came from an affluent family, began a career as an aspiring starlet in 1981, straight after leaving school. She was given a score of bit parts, even working under Federico Fellini as a curvaceous model in the movie Ginger and Fred.
However, she never made it in mainstream movies and turned to porn in the late 1980s, hooking up with Schicchi and his Hungarian-born star Ilona Staller, better known by her stage name Cicciolina. Pozzi later joined Staller in founding the Love Party, campaigning to legalize brothels, introduce better sex education and create ‘love parks’. She ran in the 1992 national elections and again in local elections in Rome in 1993.
She went on to become a popular TV talk show guest and hosted several variety shows — the first porno star to break the mould in this way.
Pozzi, whose films are still in demand today, is said to have left her entire fortune to cancer research.

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The Toronto Jewish Film Festival takes place May 5 to 13 and has invited films, documentaries, shorts and special guests from all over the world to showcase diverse visions of Jewish culture, stories and experiences. From Italy comes Angela by directors Andrea and Antonio Frazzi. Angela (Sabrina Ferilli), a single mother, is forced to trade on the black market in order to feed her son during World War Two. At the desperate urging of her Jewish neighbour, she reluctantly agrees to harbour his only son, Davide. An unexpected love blossoms between the two, only to be shattered when Davide sets out to join the resistance movement and is captured. Using her powers of coercion, Angela sets off a chain of events that force her to make decisions that test every fibre of her being. For more information about the festival, please visit www.tjff.com.

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