For VOICES OF SILENCE presentation of the book Ma l’amor mio non muore! (Mario Caserini, 1913). La diva e l’arte di comporre lo spazio by Stella Dagna.

New date for VOICES OF SILENCE, with the presentation of the volume Ma l’amor mio non muore! (Mario Caserini, 1913). La diva e l’arte di comporre lo spazio [Love everlasting (Mario Caserini, 1913). The diva and the art of composing space] by Stella Dagna, Mimesis Edizioni 2014, on Thursday 11 December 2014, at 8.30 p.m.

Ma l’amor mio non muore! (by Mario Caserini, 1913) occupies a special place amongst the films that left their mark on collective imagination in the early Italian 20th century. Indeed, not only did it influence subsequent cinema, but also the style, taste, way of creating hairdos, attitudes and falling in love of an entire generation. Such success must be ascribed in particular to two opposite and complementary personalities: Lyda Borelli and Mario Caserini, the diva and her director. The volume offers a journey into an analysis of the film context, starting from its new restoration carried out in 2013.

The author will be in conversation with: Elena Dagrada (Milan State University). Meeting moderator: Silvio Alovisio (Turin University).

To follow, film screening of Ma l’amor mio non muore! by Mario Caserini, Italy 1913, 78’, b/w.