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Cenere (1916)

Cenere poster
Directed by
Febo Mari
Genre
silent film
Country
Kingdom of Italy
Runtime
30 min
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man struggles with his past and family ties in rural Sardinia. The story follows his attempt to reconcile with his mother after years apart.

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What happens

Cenere is a 1916 silent film directed by and starring Febo Mari. It is adapted from the 1904 novel by the Nobel Prize-winning Sardinian writer Grazia Deledda. It is notable as the only film performance by the Italian theater star Eleonora Duse. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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