Il Fauno
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| It Fauno | |
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 The Faun and the Model | |
| Directed by | Febo Mari |
| Produced by | Arturo Ambrosio |
| Written by | Febo Mari |
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| Cinematography | Giuseppe Vitrotti |
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Release date |
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Running time | 73 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Silent film with Italian intertitles |
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Il Fauno (The Faun) is a 1917 Italian silent film directed and written by Febo Mari, in which he costarred with Helena Makowska.[1] It's also also costars Mari's long-term romantic partner, actress Nietta Mordeglia.[2]
One of Mari's best known films, it was restored in 1994 by Cinematek from original nitrate prints, obtained from the Cineteca Friuli and the National Museum of Cinema.[3][4][5]
Plot[edit]
An artist's Model is in love with the Sculptor but he does not return the same affection. One night, he leaves her alone at home while he visits a casino and carries on an affair with a Princess. The Model falls asleep and dreams one of the Sculptor's statues, the Faun, comes to life. At first frightened by the creature, he proves to be kind-hearted and the Model falls in love with him. When the Sculptor returns, the Faun turns back into a statue.
The Sculptor's gambling gets him into debt and the Prince decides to accept a sculpture in lieu of money. When the Prince and Princess arrive at the Sculptor's studio, the Princess figures out the Faun is the Model's favorite statue. Out of spite, The Princess asks for the Faun as payment and the Sculptor agrees.
As the Faun is taken away on a cart, the despondent Model follows. When the cart breaks, the driver leaves to get help. The Faun returns to life, and he and the Model flee to the hills. They live an idyllic, pastoral lifestyle together. However, a hunter comes across their hut and shoots the Faun in the back, causing him to turn back into stone. A posse of men are sent to find the Faun statue and finally deliver it to the Prince's palace.
The distraught Model returns to the Sculptor, but his attempt to console her fails. She goes to the Princess with the aim of getting the Faun back. The Model threatens to blackmail her with a love letter that the Princess wrote to the Sculptor. Unafraid of a scandal, she refuses to return the Faun. The Model is left alone with the statue and the Faun briefly returns to life. The lovers say their goodbyes; he turns back in to stone and she collapses. The Model awakens in the Sculptor's studio and realizes all of the events were a dream.
Cast[edit]
- Nietta Mordeglia as the Model
- Febo Mari as the The Myth / The Faun[3]
- Helena Makowska (credited as Elena Makowska) as The Princess[4]
- Vasco Creti as The Sculptor
- Oreste Bilancia as The Prince
References[edit]
- ↑ "The Faun". filmaffinity.com. Film Affinity. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ↑ Bernardini, Aldo (4 November 2019). "Febo Mari, L'Avanguardista del Cinema". Archivio Siciliano del Cinema. ASCinema. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Il Fauno (Febo Mari, 1917)". Casa Italiana Zerilli - Marimò. Casa italiana New York Univerity. 19 Oct 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
In Febo Mari's Il Fauno (1917; The Faun), Elena Makowska, playing an evil seducer and crafty mistress, has nothing of the mater dolorosa about her.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Vacche, Angela Dalle (March 2008). "Diva: Defiance and Passion in Early Italian Cinema". University of Texas Press. University of Texas Press. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
In Febo Mari's Il Fauno (1917; The Faun), Elena Makowska, playing an evil seducer and crafty mistress, has nothing of the mater dolorosa about her.
- ↑ Renzi, Vittorio (8 January 2018). "Il fauno (1917)". garden-of-silence. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
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