1950 | Italy | Fiction

Tormento

  • Italian 99 mins
  • Director | Raffaello Matarazzo
  • Writer | Aldo De Benedetti
  • Producer | Goffredo Lombardo

STATUS: Released

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Anna (Yvonne Sanson) flees her home, where she has been victimized for years by her spineless father’s mean-spirited second wife, to be with her lover (Amedeo Nazzari), an honest businessman yet to make his fortune. When he is accused of a murder he didn’t commit, the couple’s domestic tranquillity is upended, and a desperate Anna must rely on her cruel stepmother to help support their child.

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