Other silent film fare: Europe
Professor Emanuela Adesini, cultural attaché of the Italian Embassy and officer for the Promotion of Italian Language and Culture, said they are presenting “La Grazia†(The Grace) and the rock band “Sino Sikat.â€
Adesini said the 1929 film by Aldo de Benedetti was “one of the best films produced in Italy in the late 1920s†and was based on the short story “Di Notte†(At Night) written in 1894 by Nobel Prize for Literature Winner Grazia Deledda.
“La Grazia†is a love story in a small village in Sardinia, Deledda’s hometown, where ancient traditions and strict code of honor among shepherds clash with the unpredictable laws of passion and love.
Dr. Petra Raymond, director of Goethe-Institut Philippinen, said the movie “Ich Mocthe Kein Mann Sein†(I Don’t Want to be A Man) “deals with stereotypes of gender and the linked expectation of people’s behaviors.â€
Raymond said the film was released in Germany in October 1918, one month before the voting right for women was introduced in Germany. It will be accompanied by the Composers’Lab led by Professor Jonas Baes of the UP College of Music and composer Oser, of the Jazz School of Munich.
Jose Maria Fons, senior cultural officer of the Instituto Cervantes de Manila, said “El Abuelo†(The Grandfather), directed by Jose Buchs and released in 1925, was adapted from the novel of famous author Benito Perez Galdos.
The music of the group Earthmover supplements the story of “El Abuelo†which revolves around the discovery of one of the film's two granddaughters being illegitimate and the search for the true descendant of the Count of Albrit.
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