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00:14Hello again from the 44th edition

00:16of Le Giornate del Cinnamomuto,

00:18the Pordenone Silent Film Festival.

00:20I'm standing in the Corso, one of the main streets

00:22of the city, in front of the Municipio,

00:24the City Hall. Those of you who have been to the

00:26festival in the past, of course, know this location.

00:28Also those of you who have watched

00:30previous videos from past years.

00:32We're here to talk about L'Ombra.

00:341923 Italian film

00:36directed by Mario Almirante.

00:38This year one of our most

00:40important retrospectives is on

00:42the Italian actress Italia

00:44Almirante Mancini, one of the

00:46forgotten stars of Italian cinema

00:48from this period. Many of you

00:50who know a little bit about Italian cinema

00:52are probably familiar with

00:54the carnality of Pina Menichelli

00:56and the ethereal qualities of Lida Borelli,

00:58two actresses who I adore.

01:00Italian Almirante Mancini, however,

01:02managed to balance being both

01:04a diva and projecting

01:06that kind of diva quality,

01:08together with being a true actress.

01:10She was a woman who came from the stage,

01:12she balanced even during her film career

01:14working both in theatre and on film.

01:16Some of you might be familiar

01:18best with her role as

01:20Sofonispa in Carbiria,

01:22but as always so many of her films

01:24are lost and on top of that

01:26we always have to deal with the problems

01:28of film history. We know that the

01:30Italian film industry collapsed after the

01:32First World War, it went from being one of the most

01:34important industries in the world

01:36to having everything, the bottom

01:38fall out from under.

01:40Suddenly the number of productions

01:42was greatly reduced, the amount of

01:44money that was available was greatly reduced.

01:46And yet Italian Almirante Mancini

01:48managed to still make

01:50important films with large budgets

01:52and terrific, terrific

01:54cinema. So we need to

01:56constantly rewrite

01:58film history and look again

02:00at received wisdom, because

02:02when you see a film like L'Ombra,

02:04when you see films, other films that were

02:06screening this year in the festival but not in streaming

02:08like Zingari, she's terrific

02:10in everything. Her ability

02:12to adapt to each role is always

02:14notable. And she was a star

02:16of international magnitude.

02:18Now, I say that

02:20for the most part her films were not released in the

02:22United States, the US very few

02:24foreign, foreign films

02:26were released in the United States, particularly

02:28Italian ones were not terribly well distributed

02:30at this time in the 20s.

02:32But she was well known in the UK

02:34and then all over the world, Brazil,

02:36Portugal, Spain,

02:38Germany, the Scandinavian countries,

02:40Soviet Union. She was a

02:42major figure, a major player

02:44in the cinema landscape of the era.

02:46L'Ombra is often considered

02:48one of her masterpieces. You'll see

02:50just how good she is

02:52and how moving she is in a role

02:54that's both sophisticated and

02:56clever. The film was directed by

02:58her cousin Mario Almirante.

03:00They worked together for quite a long period

03:02of time. Now, I have to add here

03:04that any Italian, when they hear the name

03:06Almirante, the first thing they think of

03:08is Giorgio Almirante. Now,

03:10he was a politician who

03:12refounded the fascist party after

03:14Mussolini. Unfortunately,

03:16that name has stuck and

03:18people think of Italia Almirante

03:20Mancini also in the same way.

03:22We need to be dividing them. Yes, they're

03:24family members. Yes, they're related.

03:26But let's try to take back

03:28a tainted name,

03:30especially for an actress

03:32who's as good as she is.

03:34Now, speaking of

03:36the errors of film history,

03:38I need to add one more thing about Italia

03:40which is that in many

03:42sources it says that she died

03:44in Brazil in 1941

03:46from a spider bite.

03:48This is not true.

03:50Not true at all. She had cancer

03:52and that's what she died of.

03:54Marco Grifo is responsible

03:56for the excellent catalogue note.

03:58The series has been curated by

04:00Gabriele Peroni of the Museo del Cinema

04:02di Torino and our very own

04:04Paolo Tosini and Marco Grifo as well.

04:06The restoration is a collaboration

04:08between the Cinemateque

04:10Royale de Bruxelles and

04:12the Museo del Cinema di Torino.

04:14The only known copy that exists

04:16was a Belgian distribution copy.

04:18It's a beautiful restoration as you will

04:20see and enjoy.

04:22The music we're very happy to welcome

04:24for the first time as an accompanist,

04:26the pianist Michele Catania.

04:28and do come back next year for more

04:30films starring Italia Almirante Mancini.

04:32She's a rediscovery we're really thrilled

04:34to be presenting.

04:36for the next episode,

04:38we will see that we have the

04:40show.

04:42Yeah, we can hear the people

04:44in a vector.

04:46They are everywhere,

04:48that are everywhere.

04:50They are everywhere.

04:52we can hear the people

04:54in the world.

04:56They are everywhere.

04:58They are everywhere.

05:00In the world.

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