Old fashioned opera adaptation: A feisty and free spirited woman of the Tyrol withdraws to a mountain peak when she is separated from the man she loves. When he later attempts to rejoin her, disaster results.
Is this for you? If you have a soft spot for grainy, old-fashioned melodrama where people yell at mountains, you’ll dig La Wally. If you need your pacing snappy or your dialogue modern, you will probably want to turn it off before the first ten minutes are up. It’s definitely not for everyone, but there’s a certain wei...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Guido Brignone
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"Is this for you? If you have a soft spot for grainy, old-fashioned melodrama where people yell at mountains, you’ll dig La Wally. If you need your pacing snappy or your dialogue modern, you will probably want to turn it off before the first ten minutes are up. It’s definitely not for everyone, but there’s a certain weird gravity to it that kept me watching. There’s something about the way the film leans into the whole 'feisty woman against the world' trope that feels very of its time. You can t..."
Wilhelmine von Hillern, Luigi Illica, Gian Bistolfi
Italy
