Filibus (Blu-ray)
Directed by Mario Roncoroni and scripted by sci-fi author Giovanni Bertinetti, FILIBUS is the most exciting, witty, feminist, steampunk, cross-dressing aviatrix thriller you will ever see! Flying high above the clouds in her dirigible, the titular sky pirate steals from the rich before mysteriously vanishing into the clouds. With the famed Detective Hendy on her trail, Filibus must up her game by posing as the Baroness Troixmond, volunteering to help with her own case! A cat-and-mouse adventure unlike any other, newly remastered by the Eye Filmmuseum, restoring the film’s marvelous range of Desmet tinting and toning to new visual delights.
Recreating the original Netherlands opening in 1916! Five short films: Dutch newsreel "Laatste bioscoop wereldberichten (1916), hilarious French comedy Onésime et la toilette de mademoiselle Badinois
(Jean Durand, 1912, Gaumont), Italian travelogue Rapallo (1914, Cines),
and the amazing French drama Amour et science (M.J. Hoche, 1912)
Italian feature film Signori giurati (Giuseppe Giusti, 1916, Corona Films)
starring Fabienne Fabrèges, and Filibus herself, Valeria Creti!
Two additional Filibus scores composed by Donald Sosin
- Mario Roncoroni - Director
- Giovanni Bertinetti - Writer
- Valeria Creti - Actor
- Giovanni Spano - Actor
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