Keanu Reeves supports Rome cinema collective attacked by far right

Actors and directors, from Richard Gere to Spike Lee, condemn violence that targeted Cinema America

Hollywood names including Keanu Reeves, Willem Dafoe and Alejandro Gonzilez Inirritu have come out in support of an Italian cinema collective who have become a target of the far right.

Cinema America, which organises free outdoor movie screenings in Rome, has issued a message of support on its Facebook page after four people were attacked following a showing of the Paul Schrader film First Reformed. The message reads in Italian: "It is unacceptable that there is still someone that thinks they can impose their view through the use of violence " We can't accept a wound of this kind, inflicted not only to the world of art and cinema but to the whole world." The letter was also signed by the directors Alfonso Cuaron, Spike Lee, Guillermo del Toro, and Stephen Frears and the actors Jeremy Irons, Debra Winger, Richard Gere and John Malkovich.