This is the account of a typical day of the diva Francesca Bertini in contrast to the story of Mariute, a single Friulian peasant girl with three children whose husband is at war. The poor woman suffers violence from three Austrian soldiers and is avenged by her father-in-law.
Robert de Flers
Italy
As the flickering shadows of the Great War stretched across Europe, cinema, still in its nascent, silent form, grappled with the monumental task of reflecting, interpreting, and often, influencing the collective consciousness. Amidst this tumultuous backdrop emerged 'Mariute,' a film that, even a century later, re...
still_frame
still_frame
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Edoardo Bencivenga
Edoardo Bencivenga
Community
Log in to comment.
" As the flickering shadows of the Great War stretched across Europe, cinema, still in its nascent, silent form, grappled with the monumental task of reflecting, interpreting, and often, influencing the collective consciousness. Amidst this tumultuous backdrop emerged 'Mariute,' a film that, even a century later, resonates with a profound duality, a stark, almost brutal contrast between the gilded cage of celebrity and the visceral, unyielding reality of wartime suffering. It’s a narrative st..."
