The Blind Woman of Sorrento (1916)
- Directed by
- Gustavo Serena
- Genre
- drama film, silent film
- Country
- Italy
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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