Sirocco
MovieTitle | La Maison du Maltais |
User score | 6.1 |
Release date | Sep 22, 1938 |
Genre | Comedy, Drama |
Director | Pierre Chenal |
Production country | France |
Production companies | Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France, Gladiator Films |
Run time | 100 min. |
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.