I figli di nessuno

The 1921 silent version of this story was too broad and melodramatic. The 1951 sound remake was too stiff. It's not until they pour it at you at the end where there seems to be any emotions coming through. Still a tragic story that fans of unhappy endings might enjoy.

It has enough tragedies to fill three movies and hits all the tropes, but this is melodrama done right.

This is pretty much the same as TORMENTO, only a little more so. More suffering, more vicious villains, more Catholic themes. Sanson and Nazarri return, again as a couple torn apart by a manipulative mother with her own agenda, again with a newborn child who life hangs in the balance. Narrative nuance is pretty much tossed to the wolves, leaving just one sledgehammer tragedy after another. I found it enjoyable just to see what happens next, but I can't say I was too invested in the characters.