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The Ways of Sin (1946)

The Ways of Sin poster
Original title
Le vie del peccato
Directed by
Giorgio Pàstina
Genre
drama film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 33m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A historical melodrama set in early 1900s Sardinia, this film follows characters caught in a love story with tragic consequences. The plot involves a woman and the men in her life, with the story unfolding against a backdrop of rural customs and family obligations.

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What happens

The Ways of Sin (Italian: Le vie del peccato) is a 1946 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Giorgio Pastina and starring Jacqueline Laurent, Leonardo Cortese and Carlo Ninchi. The film is a melodrama set in Sardinia at the beginning of the twentieth century. It is based on a novel by Grazia Deledda. The film was shot in the Apennine Mountains rather than Sardinia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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