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1915
LA SIGNORA DELLE CAMELIE
SUNDAY 26 AUGUST, 4PM
Director: Gustavo Serena and Baldassarre Neuroni Cast: Carlo Benetti, Olga Benetti and
Francesca Bertini Genre: Drama Runtime: 43 Minutes Film Credit: Fondazione Cineteca Italiana
The theme of “La signora
delle camelie” is a love story
between Marguerite Gautier,
a courtesan – a woman “kept” by
various lovers at the same time –
suffering from tuberculosis, and
a young provincial bourgeois,
Armand Duval. Armand falls
in love with Marguerite and
ultimately becomes her lover,
convincing her to turn her back
on her life as a courtesan and
live with him in the countryside.
The idyllic existence is broken by
(The Lady of the Camellias)
Armand’s father, who, concerned
by the scandal created by the illicit
relationship and fearful that it will
destroy Armand’s sister’s chances
of marriage, convinces Marguerite
to leave Armand, who believes, up
until Marguerite’s death, that she
has left him for another man. Her
death from her illness, described
as an unending agony, during
which Marguerite, abandoned by
everyone, can only regret what
might have been.
RSVP: Call 8924531 loc 143 or email: stage.manila@esteri.it
HISTORY
OF SILENT
CINEMA IN
ITALY
Between 1909 to 1916, Italian
silent cinema represented a
major force in world cinema.
While many genres were filmed,
those that drew in the crowds and
money were historical epics and
dramas. Lavish sets, huge amounts
of extras, and innovative film
techniques were seen in many epics
like “L’Inferno” (1911) and “Cabiria”
(1914). The other well-loved genre
was the diva film: slow moving
but artfully designed melodramas,
with strong leading ladies suffering
glamorously and dying for love
in the final reel. One of the most
popular Italian femme fatales
was Francesca Bertini, the diva
of “Assunta Spina” (1915) and “La
Signora delle Camelie” (1915). After
World War I, foreign competition
almost destroyed the Italian
industry, forcing production to drop
from 220 films to less than a dozen
works in 7 years. Silent film was
long considered a lost continent, but
little by little, they have reemerged
in all their glory from the public
and private archives throughout the
world.
Garlic
Feat. Louie
Talan, Francis
Reyes & Zach
Lucero
Garlic is an improvisation-based
instrumental trio formed by bassist
Louie Talan, guitarist Francis Reyes,
and drummer Zach Lucero in 1998.
Their philosophy is to take any
musical idea from any member
of the band and expound on it
spontaneously without, hopefully,
resorting to self-indulgence or
clichéd licks. The band’s goal is to
make music at the spur-of-the-
moment that, if done successfully,
makes sense not only to themselves
but to non-musicians as well. Garlic
thrives on action and reaction in-
the-moment; the members are fully
aware of the risks and rewards
of improvised music. Since its
inception, the band has garnered
critical acclaim from audiences
and musicians alike; however due
to each member’s schedules with
their respective home bands and
session work over the years, Garlic’s
performances have been sporadic.
The band intends to be more active
in 2012, and hopefully record a
long-awaited proper EP.
6TH INTERNATIONAL SILENT FILM FESTIVAL | MANILA