1912 Italy: a woman tries to force a man to love her through sheer chaotic will.
A countryside adventure: two siblings, ill at ease in a subordinate social position, challenge the owner Alessandro; Giuseppe doesn’t want to work for him, while Carmela wants to force him to love her. However, class conflict isn’t hidden by emotions and characters.
Acting
Luisella Viviani's unhinged Carmela steals every frame.
Direction
Raw 1912 storytelling—no polish, all punch.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Naples' countryside, this captures pre-WWI Italian rural class tension rarely seen in surviving silents. Raffaele and Luisella Viviani were real-life siblings, adding weird authenticity to their scheming dynamic.
Director unknown because 1912 Italian production records were chaos—most 'directors' were cameramen or theatre actors moonlighting. This survived purely by luck in a French archive.
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