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Pierrot the Prodigal (1914)

Pierrot the Prodigal poster
Original title
L'histoire d'un Pierrot
Directed by
Baldassarre Negroni
Genre
silent film
Country
Kingdom of Italy
Runtime
50 min
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Pierrot character leaves his home and family to find adventure and love. He eventually returns after making many mistakes and losing everything.

melodramatictragicromanticslow-burnold-fashionedbittersweetsentimentaldramaticvisually stark

What happens

Pierrot the Prodigal (French: Histoire d'un Pierrot) is a 1914 Italian silent film directed by Baldassarre Negroni and starring Francesca Bertini, Leda Gys and Emilio Ghione. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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