What’s new
Variety (1964) / A Trip to the Moon (1902) / The Art of the Moving Picture / Peaks of Japanese Cinema / Variety (1948) / The Mark of Zorro (1920) / A Million and One Nights: A History of the Motion Picture / The French New Wave / Screenland (1947) / The Lost World (1925) / Writing the Photoplay / Silent Cinema & the Avant-Garde / Cine-Mundial (1946) / He Walked by Night (1948) /
Variety (1964) / A Trip to the Moon (1902) / The Art of the Moving Picture / Peaks of Japanese Cinema / Variety (1948) / The Mark of Zorro (1920) / A Million and One Nights: A History of the Motion Picture / The French New Wave / Screenland (1947) / The Lost World (1925) / Writing the Photoplay / Silent Cinema & the Avant-Garde / Cine-Mundial (1946) / He Walked by Night (1948) /
Cine Archive
← Back to filmography
Act of Sorrow
Add to my list
Atto di Dolore · 1990

Act of Sorrow

Pasquale Squitieri · 102 min · Italy

Drama

In this painful melodrama, an aging mother (Claudia Cardinale) attempts to cope with the progressive deterioration of her grown son due to his drug addiction. At first only manipulative, in addition to stealing from her he eventually becomes abusive and violent, and she must take strong measures if she is to save her own life, much less his.

TMDB

5.4

Did you know

Production companies
Istituto Luce Cinecittà

Locations

Setting
Milán

Locations: Wikidata · Data: TMDB / OMDb

Cast

Similar films

The Poker House

The Poker House

2008
Beautiful Boy

Beautiful Boy

2018
Strange Weather

Strange Weather

2016
TalhotBlond

TalhotBlond

2012
I Smile Back

I Smile Back

2015
Adulthood

Adulthood

2008
Me & You

Me & You

2012
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002
Good Boy

Good Boy

2026
Requiem for a Dream

Requiem for a Dream

2000
Goodbye June

Goodbye June

2025
May December

May December

2023