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Corriere della Sera reports that there will be no official Italian government delegation at this year's Cannes Film Festival, which is scheduled to begin on 13 May. Minister for Culture Sandro Bondi has announced that he will not participate to protest against the showing of Draquila— a docu-fiction, by comic actress Sabina Guzzanti, critical of the Silvio Berlusconi government's management of the aftermath of the 2009 Aquila earthquake — which he has dubbed "a propaganda vehicle that is an insult to the truth and the people of Italy." Another Italian daily, La Repubblica remarks that "Bondi would do better to focus on the shortage of cultural funding in Italy, which spends seven times less than neighbouring France." Corriere reminds its readers that the minister is in a hot seat now that his name has been linked to a corruption scandal involving slush funds for government contracts, which resulted in the resignation of his colleague, former Industry Minister Claudio Scajola, last week.
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