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Diva Dolorosa

10/21/1999

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1hr 15min

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Documentary

STORY

In this mesmerizing collage of silent Italian melodrama, found-footage filmmaker Peter Delpeut (Lyrical Nitrate) affectionately captures the spirit of the World War One-era cinema diva. In all-but-lost gems such as La donna nuda (1914), and Tigre reale (1916), superstars such as Lyda Borelli and Pina Menichelli portrayed heroines teetering dangerously between defiant indulgence in sexual passion and hysterical remorse at their own cruelties. Delpeut’s inventive celebration of Black Romanticism is both striking and heartbreaking in its composition—a beautifully woven narrative of tempted fate and self-torment, elegantly guided by Loek Dikker’s original score. Zeitgeist Films is proud to present Delpeut’s stunningly experimental work in all its heaving bosomed, luridly tinted glory.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Lyda Borelli
  • Pina Menichelli
  • Francesca Bertini
  • Soava Gallone
  • Helena Makowska

    Director

  • Peter Delpeut

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Cineteca del Comune di Bologna
  • Filmmuseum Distributie
  • VPRO

    Production Countries

  • Italy
  • Netherlands

LANGUAGES

  • No Language

Cast

Lyda Borelli

Pina Menichelli

Francesca Bertini

Soava Gallone

Helena Makowska

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