Barcelona porn festival `the most liberal´ in the world

The "mythical" international porn star, Rocco Tano, better known as Rocco Siffredi, who has starred in more than 1,300 films in which he has had sex with more than 4,000 women, said yesterday that the 12th international erotic film festival, which is being held in La Farga de l´Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona) and which ends tomorrow, is "the most liberal" in the world.

The Italian actor, turned director, who arrived late for the festival, which started last Wednesday, because he has been finishing off his latest film; said that "in Brussels, Berlin and Los Angeles there is a lot of censorship, but here there´s more freedom." Rocco confirmed his retirement as an actor "because I´ve been at it for twenty years, and I´m getting old. Seeing a 40 year old man with a girl 20 years younger began to look a bit odd, so I decided to call it a day. It´s true some girls prefer older men, but I must admit I just didn´t feel comfortable with it any more."