A fictional journey constructed from small movements of bodies as portrayed in melodramas and war movies of the 30s and 40s in Hollywood cinema, beginning and ending with intimate gestures of life being at once destroyed and transformed. The absence of faces records a fragmented, mutilated and reconstructed history through a body language that has been overshadowed by the prevailing photogenic of the Star System. The faceless body enlightens an anonymous side, erasing the identity of the actor/character in a continuum of daily actions, fleeting contacts, loving offerings and deathly silences in the heat of war.
Information
Country
ArgentinaYear
2023Length
5'
Category
ExperimentalOrigin of archival materials
Excerpts of films shot between 1930 and 1949Editing
Dana NajlisSound
Dana NajlisProduction
Dana NajlisDirector’s biography
Born in 1986 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dana Najlis studied Music Composition, Film Direction and has a master’s degree in Contemporary Film and Audiovisual Studies from Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. She is a film critic, essayist, and editor.
On the agenda
Sun 27.10.202414:00–15:45
The Hidden Gesture. War and Melodrama in Hollywood’s 30s and 40s.
Dana Najlis
Official competition
Italian premiere
Q&A with director
Screening
Sala Cervi
Via Riva di Reno 72/A
Ticket fee
Sat 26.10.202420:00–22:00
The Hidden Gesture. War and Melodrama in Hollywood’s 30s and 40s.
Dana Najlis
Official competition
Italian premiere
Q&A with director
Screening
Cinema Lumière, Sala Scorsese
Piazzetta P. P. Pasolini 2/b
Ticket fee
