In Transit
Film in progress
Director : Valerio Ciriaci
Duration : 90 minutes / 52 minutes
Year of production : in development
Co-producers : Parallelo 41 Produzioni (Naples); Awen Films (New York); Cinecittà (Rome)
In Transit traces the life and work of Elvira Notari, Italy’s first female film director. Despite making hundreds of acclaimed silent films from Naples to New York, she was relegated to the margins of cinema history for half a century. Her films, blending realism and staged drama, were deeply rooted in Neapolitan folklore. A woman in a man’s world, her works were targeted by fascist censorship but found an audience on both sides of the Atlantic.
The documentary recontextualizes Elvira's singular vision through the voices of those who celebrate her legacy today—from experts who have rediscovered her films to new generations encountering her work for the first time. More than just a biography, In Transit offers a prismatic portrait of an artist who continues to inspire new creative paths.
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