Three masterpieces of Italian silent films (at Giunti Odeon in splendid new restored versions with original musical accompaniment) to discover the fascination of "diva-film". Three films inhabited by formidable women and actresses, who a century ago became absolute protagonists of the culture of the image. Ma l'amore mio non muore (1913), Lyda Borelli's first film and the origin of the diva-film: a plunge into the imagination, culture and Italian Art Nouveau fashion. Sangue Blue (1914): Francesca Bertini achieves diva status in a sumptuous marital and maternal melodrama. Assunta Spina (1915), 'the' film of Bertini, also director: her greatest success, her most passionate role, the progenitor of cinematic realism.