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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1090

Cenere

191638 minItaly

Synopsis

Unable to provide for her son, Rosalia leaves him with his father and gives him an amulet as a keepsake. Anania grows up with the object and a persistent need to find his mother. His search draws him away from the career and marriage expected of him toward a reunion neither can easily bear.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 31:25
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Febo Mari · Public domain

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Cast

Eleonora Duse

Febo Mari

DirectorsFebo Mari

Inspirations

Febo Mari adapted Grazia Deledda's novel and appeared alongside Eleonora Duse. The production is Duse's only film performance, bringing a celebrated theatrical presence to a story of separation and maternal sacrifice.

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Eleonora Duse — Unknown author Unknown author; L’illustrazione popolare, Fratelli Treves Editori - Milano, 1897. · Public domain

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