In this short documentary from 1942, Francesco Pasinetti guides us through a little-known, unprecedented Venice: the Venice of small canals, narrow streets, bridges and simple people engaged in daily chores.
Seduced and abandonned by her fiance, Maria Ferrante leaves home to avoid any scandal. She is trying to find work and place to stay but one misfortune after another comes into her life Venice Film Festival 1940
A decadent noblewoman, whose stranded husband has dilapidated their whole fortune on gambling, tries to keep her daughter in school while hiding their state of poverty from her, by leading a double life as an exotic dancer.
