Italian divas of the silent era.
The IIC Melbourne proudly presents “Silent Divas”, a program of film screenings with live music dedicated to three of the brightest film stars from the Italian silent cinema’s golden age.
“L’Onestà del Peccato” with Maria Jacobini, directed by Augusto Genina (1918, 89′)
“Assunta Spina” with Francesca Bertini,directed by Gustavo Serena (1915, 67′)
“Ma l’amore mio non muore” with Lyda Borelli, directed by Mario Caserini (1914, 90′)
All three films will be presented with English intertitles and with new soundtracks composed and performed live by three Melbourne based female composers.
This project has been curated by Christian Pazzaglia, a multidisciplinary curator and producer who works internationally.
The first diva is Maria Jacobini featuring in “L’Onestà del Peccato” (The Wife He Neglected).
- Thursday 20 May, 7pm at Lido Cinemas
Live score by Chiara Costanza.
Tickets: $25
A businessman marries Maria, the daughter of the rich professor, not for love but for personal gain. He betrays and humiliates her but she hides his despicable character from both her father and society at large and takes comfort in the company of a ship’s lieutenant. They fall in love but agree to interrupt their impossible relationship. Pregnant with her lover’s child, Maria decides to follow her heart and join him at sea but a series of dramatic events awaits them.
The complex character of Maria is played by an intense Maria Jacobini. In the role of daughter, wife, lover and mother she plays a woman courageous to the point of becoming an instrument of death.
The film will presented in a new digitally restored copy, restored by the Cineteca di Bologna in 2017.
=========================================================================
Chiara Costanza
Chiara Costanza is a Melbourne-based music composer, producer and DJ born and raised in Torino, Italy.
Classically trained in piano and later exposed to electronic music after moving to Melbourne in 2004, Chiara has since moved into a well-respected position in the Australian electronic music scene, where she performs under the moniker Chiara Kickdrum.
A sought-after film composer for film and TV, her short film All These Creatures, was awarded a Palme D’Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.