A Modern Cinderella

A gentle, sentimental early silent that lingers on backstage studio life and the quiet hope of two orphaned girls finding purpose.

Directed by

Eleuterio Rodolfi

Starring

Fernanda Negri Pouget, Mary Cleo Tarlarini, Ubaldo Stefani

Overview

Sylvia and Janet lose their mother and are left destitute orphans. Jenny Smart (a leading moving picture actress) takes an interest in the girls and brings them to a studio. Sylvia is employed as a moving picture actress and is cast as the lead in a retelling of "Cinderella". A rare glimpse of filmmaking in Turin’s Ambrosio studio.

How it feels

Warm, earnest and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Family, grief, ambition, art

Content

No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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