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Nationality | Italian |
Occupation | Directors |
Known for | El drama del 15 de octubre |
Francesco Di Domenico (1880–1966) [1] and Vincenzo Di Domenico (1882–1955), [2] known together as the Di Domenico brothers, were Italian film directors who played an important role in Colombian cinema.
Francesco was born on 1 August 1880 in Castelnuovo di Conza and died on 26 December 1966 in Villeta, Cundinamarca Department. [1] Vincenzo was born on 3 October 1882 in Castelnuovo di Conza and died on 12 July 1955 in Barcelona. [2]
In the early 1900s, economic growth in Colombia led to the rise of the film industry, including the construction of movie theatres. [3] The Di Domenico brothers moved to Bogotá in 1909, [4] where they founded the Latin American film industry company ( Spanish: sociedad industrial cinematográfica latinoamericana) in 1913, [5] [6] with their brothers Giuseppe and Erminio Di Ruggiero and cousins Donato and Giovanni Di Domenico Mazzoli. [6] Colombian film historian Luis Alfredo Álvarez regards their initiative as the first organised attempt of a Colombian national cinema. [5]
The Di Domenico brothers created a documentary after the assassination of General Rafael Uribe Uribe, known as El drama del 15 de octubre which was first screened to the public on 21 November 1915. [7] [8] Regarded as the first feature documentary film of Colombia, the reconstruction of the murder, the usage of the assassins in the film, [9] and the images of General Uribe's body caused controversy, [10] which led to riots in some movie theatres. [9] The usage of the assassins of General Uribe in the reconstruction of the murder was described by many newspapers as "disgusting" and that it was "criminal glorification". [11] The controversy that this film caused led the brothers to cut the most controversial scenes of the film, [9] before it was banned in Colombia and subsequently destroyed. [12] [13]
El drama del 15 de octubre was considered a resounding failure of the Di Domenico brothers, [12] but was later described by newspaper Mundo al día as a blockbuster despite the poor image quality. [14]
Year | Film | Directed by | |||
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Francesco | Vincenzo | ||||
1915 | El drama del 15 de octubre | Yes | Yes | ||
1915 | La hija del Tequendama | Yes | Yes | ||
1924 | Aura o las violetas | No | Yes | ||
1925 | Como los muertos | No | Yes | ||
1926 | El amor, el deber y el crimen | No | Yes |
Their cousin Donato Di Domenico also directed a film, Tierra caucana, in 1921.
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