Un velo di grigio sulle palpebre – Lo sguardo delle divine

Tuesday 29 September, 4.30 p.m., Centro Incontro Circoscrizione 7, Corso Casale, 212

In collaboration with Centro Incontro Circoscrizione 7 and the Madonna del Pilone branch of Università della terza Età (Unitre).

On Tuesday 29 September at 4.30 p.m., Job Film Days, in collaboration with Centro Incontro Circoscrizione 7 and the Madonna del Pilone branch of Università della terza Età (Unitre), presents the theatre performance Un velo di grigio sulle palpebre – Lo sguardo delle divine. In this production by Associazione Liberipensatori Paul Valery, under the artistic direction of Stefania Rosso, four actresses journey through the lives of the “divas” of the silver screen. They choose to shift the focus beyond the icons themselves to those who inhabited, brushed against, built or suffered within that world, revealing the stories behind each legendary face.

Admission: free.

Based on an idea by Oliviero Corbetta
with Stefania Rosso, Daniela Vassallo, Elena Canone, and Vanessa Lonardelli.

“A Veil of Gray on the Eyelids” is a journey into and around the myth of cinema, to places where the spotlight never quite reaches.

Four actresses trace the lives of the “divas” of the silver screen but choose to shift their focus: not only on the icons, but on those who inhabited, brushed against, built, or endured that universe.

Behind every legendary face, in fact, there are other stories:
those of those who worked in the shadows, applying makeup, preparing, and supporting bodies and images;
of those who pursued cinema until they lost their way;
of those who were excluded, rejected, or forgotten;
of those who found the courage to escape it;
and of those who, even today, continue to dream of it.

Through an interweaving of intimate voices and biographical fragments, the show explores the relationship between identity and work, between desire and recognition, between visibility and invisibility. The stage thus becomes a gray area – just like that veil over the eyes – where truth and representation blur, revealing all the fragility and power of those who live the artistic life, whether within or on the margins of the system.

The Divine are no longer just the stars: they are all the lives that have orbited around that world, leaving invisible yet essential traces.”