http://amit.chakradeo.net/2007/07/05/django-unicode-integration-fix-for-venus-djando-template/

planet/shell/dj.py

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def run(script, doc, output_file=None, options={}):
         reluri = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(output_file))[0]
         context['url'] = urlparse.urljoin(config.link(),reluri)
         f = open(output_file, 'w')
-        f.write(t.render(context))
+        f.write(t.render(context).encode('utf-8'))
         f.close()
     else:
         # @@this is useful for testing purposes, but does it 

tests/data/filter/django/test.xml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <id>urn:uuid:60a76c80-d399-11d9-b93C-0003939e0af6</id>
 
   <entry>
-    <title>Atom-Powered Robots Run Amok</title>
+    <title>&#161;Atom-Powered Robots Run Amok!</title>
     <link href="http://example.org/2003/12/13/atom03"/>
     <id>urn:uuid:1225c695-cfb8-4ebb-aaaa-80da344efa6a</id>
     <updated>2003-12-13T18:30:02Z</updated>

tests/test_filter_django.py

@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ class DjangoFilterTests(unittest.TestCase):
         results = dj.tmpl.template_info("<feed/>")
         self.assertEqual(type(results['date']), datetime.datetime)
 
-    def test_django_item_title(self):
+    def test_django_entry_title(self):
         config.load('tests/data/filter/django/test.ini')
         feed = open('tests/data/filter/django/test.xml')
         input = feed.read(); feed.close()
         results = dj.run(
             os.path.realpath('tests/data/filter/django/title.html.dj'), input)
-        self.assertEqual(results, "Atom-Powered Robots Run Amok\n")
+        self.assertEqual(results, "\xc2\xa1Atom-Powered Robots Run Amok!\n")
 
     def test_django_config_context(self):
         config.load('tests/data/filter/django/test.ini')