! O, R9 Q, g; S7 Q- [5 ] 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。! Q% F: {/ D! ~8 T" X: q
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Jesus could turn water into wine, but he certainly didn't drink Coca-Cola.6 e( h+ ?5 K3 m% r: C7 p/ s, O
2 F0 s% E1 [# g/ H8 E! m- l6 N3 BAt 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.( v# e5 h4 a- d4 ?5 q2 U9 V, ?
) j+ O0 Z6 l7 c2 JIn Claudio Malaponti's "Seven Kilometers From Jerusalem," Jesus drinks the soft drink during a dusty Jeep ride through the desert.# _3 [4 H$ d2 Y; k D# [) i
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Coca-Cola Italia wants the scene to be cut before the film's Friday release. It's a demand the filmmaker thinks is ridiculous. ' h+ p6 Q! B/ O S4 I3 G7 r( p' t8 S0 e* A. C1 T# O, ?6 B1 h o
“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.”& G" O5 ~! w) M1 [9 A7 E) k
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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.
