Diva Dolorosa
7.4
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 Director
First release October 21, 1999 · Produced in Italy, Netherlands · Production Filmmuseum Distributie, VPRO
Production
Cineteca del Comune di Bologna
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Filmmuseum Distributie
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VPRO
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Vrijzinnig Protestantse Radio Omroep (VPRO)
Production
Italy · Netherlands
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Original language
Dutch
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
Netherlands · October 21, 1999
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No release date listed for United States.
Canada
October 5, 2000 · Vancouver International Film Festival
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