Blame the Sun

Blame the Sun

1951 · 6 min · ★ 6.6 · Drama

This short film is the only cinematographic experience of Alberto Moravia. It shows some typical themes of the writer: the bourgeois setting, the taste for detail, the eros and the violence that scratch indifference.

Directed by Alberto Moravia · Written by Alberto Moravia

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