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Sirocco (1938)

Directed by Pierre Chenal

Overview

Town trollop Safia, much against her better judgment, falls in love with Matteo, a beggar and mystic in the native quarter of Sirocco. She flees to France, first as the mistress and then wife of a wealthy archaeologist, and bears him Matteo’s child, whom he believes to be his own. Complications arise years later when Matteo finds Safia, and a ring of blackmailers uncover her past and exposes her to her husband.

Length 100 minutes

Actors

Louis Jouvet | Viviane Romance | Marcel Dalio | Pierre Renoir | Florence Marly | Fréhel | Jean Sinoël | Jany Holt | Gina Manès | Jean Davy | Max Dalban | Pierre Labry | Gaston Modot | Martial Rèbe | André Gabriello | Nina Myral | Sinoël | Raymond Aimos