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The Blind Woman of Sorrento (1916)

The Blind Woman of Sorrento poster
Directed by
Gustavo Serena
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
Italy
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A blind woman living in nineteenth century Sorrento faces struggles involving family and romance. The story is adapted from a novel and unfolds with melodramatic turns in an Italian seaside setting.

melodramaticold-fashionedromanticstaidslow-pacedsentimentalrestrained

What happens

The Blind Woman of Sorrento (Italian:La cieca di Sorrento) is a 1916 Italian silent drama film directed by Gustavo Serena and starring Alfredo De Antoni, Olga Benetti and Carlo Benetti. It is set in the nineteenth century in Sorrento in southern Italy. It is an adaptation of the 1852 novel of the same title by Francesco Mastriani. Subsequent adaptations were made in 1934, 1952 and 1963. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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