The Sinner (Italian: La peccatrice) is a 1975 Italian romantic drama film co-written and directed by Pier Ludovico Pavoni.
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Cast
Zeudi Araya as Debrha
Francisco Rabal as 'the Turk'
Franco Gasparri as Michele
Clara Calamai as Turk's wife
Ettore Manni as Santuzzo
Alain Le Grand as Salvatore Santalena
Rita Forzano as Inuzza
Sonia Viviani as Carmelina
Gianni Ottaviani as 'the Mute'
Production
The film was a produced by P.A.C. It was the last film of Clara Calamai and the last film directed by Pavoni.
Reception
Italian film critic Marco Giusti described the film as "remarkable", a "curious Matarazzata with a fine cast and a Zeudi Araya at her best". Antonio Guastella from Nocturno described it as a "turgidly retro" and more socially engaged variation of Pavoni's previous effort Amore libero - Free Love. He wrote "Interesting in the beginning [...] it loses its way in the second half, becoming rushed and sluggish, despite its excellent sets and a particularly evocative music interspersed with singer-songwriter Rosa Balistreri's voice". According to Paolo Mereghetti, the film is midway between art cinema and fotoromanzo, with too many stereotypes about the fatalism, attitude, and immobility of Sicily.