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Diva Dolorosa

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6.5/10 • 4

1999-10-211h 15m

Documentary

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.

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Peter Delpeut

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  1. Lyda Borelli

    Lyda Borelli

  2. Pina Menichelli

    Pina Menichelli

  3. Francesca Bertini

    Francesca Bertini

  4. Soava Gallone

    Soava Gallone

  5. Helena Makowska

    Helena Makowska

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