Gaetano Campanile-Mancini

Based on a short story written by Novel Prize for Literature in 1894, Grazia Deladda, "La Grazia" is a classic Italian-drama that follows the story of the a man (Giorgio Bianchi) who fell in love with beautiful shepherdess (Carmen Boni). Separated by fate, the man had an accident on his way back to his wife. For years, absence of her husband has made the woman suffer. She takes care of her child while waiting for her husband's return.

A banker, having squandered a fortune because of his philanthropy, is locked up in a mental hospital by his relatives. He manages to escape, taking refuge in a boarding house where he strives successfully to give happiness to the boarders, making them actors in a comedy of which he is the director. (KG)