Elvira Notari
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Elvira Notari Italy
's earliest and most prolific female filmmaker, made over sixty feature films and about a hundred documentaries.
Born Elvira Coda, she was of modest social origins. She married Nicola Notari. Together they founded Dora Film. She directed the films, while he worked as a cameraman. Their son 'Gennariello' worked as an actor in many of the films.
The feature films were often based on Neopolitan forms of drama, such as the sceneggiata, and shot on the streets of Naples
using non-professional actors. The Notari's realist touch has been linked to the later Neorealist movement.
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
's earliest and most prolific female filmmaker, made over sixty feature films and about a hundred documentaries.
Born Elvira Coda, she was of modest social origins. She married Nicola Notari. Together they founded Dora Film. She directed the films, while he worked as a cameraman. Their son 'Gennariello' worked as an actor in many of the films.
The feature films were often based on Neopolitan forms of drama, such as the sceneggiata, and shot on the streets of Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
using non-professional actors. The Notari's realist touch has been linked to the later Neorealist movement.
Literature
- Giuliana Bruno, Streetwalking on a Ruined Map: Cultural Theory and the City Films of Elvira Notari, Princeton University Press 1993