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Sirocco

Sirocco

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 22, 1938

Runtime

1h 40m

Genres

Comedy, Drama

User Score

61%

Original Title

La Maison du Maltais

Production Companies

Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France, Gladiator Films

Director

Pierre Chenal

Description

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.