Act of Sorrow

Act of Sorrow (1990)

August 30th, 19901h 42min

Drama
38%

Overview

In this painful melodrama, an aging mother (Claudia Cardinale) attempts to cope with the progressive deterioration of her grown son due to his drug addiction. At first only manipulative, in addition to stealing from her he eventually becomes abusive and violent, and she must take strong measures if she is to save her own life, much less his.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

Requiem for a Dream

Requiem for a Dream


Released on: 2000-10-06
Crime, Drama

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep...

Queer

Queer


Released on: 2024-11-27
Drama, Romance

In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee, an American ex-pat in his late forties, leads a solitary life ami...

Caught

Caught


Released on: 1987-09-11
Action, Crime, Drama

Tim Devon was born out of wedlock and his mother never told his father about him. Overwhelmed, Tim l...

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers


Released on: 1946-08-19
Drama, Thriller

Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious M...

Transfixed

Transfixed


Released on: 2001-08-08
Thriller, Crime, Drama

Bo is a transexual prostitute in Brussels who left home after being abused by her father. She's infu...

The Bold, the Corrupt and the Beautiful

The Bold, the Corrupt and the Beautiful


Released on: 2017-11-24
Thriller, Mystery, Drama

Madame Tang colludes and mediates between the government and the private businesses for the benefits...

Shank

Shank


Released on: 2009-04-14
Drama, Action

Teenage gang member Cal, hides his sexuality from his fellow gang members despite their often violen...

Lone Star

Lone Star


Released on: 1996-06-21
Drama, Mystery, Romance

When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-b...

Susu

Susu


Released on: 2018-04-08
Horror, Crime, Drama

Two Chinese girls take a film transcription job at a heritage English countryside mansion. Discoveri...

Secrets

Secrets


Released on: 1995-05-25
Drama, TV Movie

Etta Berter is a doctor's wife in 1905 who has been unable to have children. The couple has one adop...

La Bête Humaine

La Bête Humaine


Released on: 1938-12-23
Drama, Romance, Thriller

Returning by train to the French port of Le Havre, Jacques Lantier, a tormented railwayman, meets by...

Sarah Plays a Werewolf

Sarah Plays a Werewolf


Released on: 2017-10-03
Drama

17-year old Sarah, filled with adolescent angst, is an extreme person who in her rehearsals with a t...

The Grandmother

The Grandmother


Released on: 2022-01-28
Drama, Horror

Susana leaves her life in Paris, where she works as a model, and returns to Madrid to take care of h...

Danika

Danika


Released on: 2006-06-10
Drama, Horror, Thriller, Mystery

Traumatized since childhood by her brother's accidental death, Danika Merrick hallucinates a bank ro...

FX's A Christmas Carol

FX's A Christmas Carol


Released on: 2019-12-19
Drama, Fantasy

London, 1843. Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter old man, despises the Christmas holiday. Over the course of...

The Murder Farm

The Murder Farm


Released on: 2009-11-19
Drama, Thriller

Bavaria, Germany, 1950s. The sudden return of the young Kathrin to the small village where she was b...

Calibre

Calibre


Released on: 2018-06-22
Thriller, Drama

Two lifelong friends head up to an isolated Scottish Highlands village for a weekend hunting trip th...

Fashion

Fashion


Released on: 2008-10-29
Drama, Romance

A small-town girl finally realizes her dream of becoming a famous supermodel but soon finds out that...

A Midsummer Night's Rave

A Midsummer Night's Rave


Released on: 2002-11-01
Comedy, Drama, Romance

Life begins when the sun goes down for a group of party-prone friends attending an L.A. rave. The mu...

Remember the Daze

Remember the Daze


Released on: 2008-04-11
Comedy, Drama

During the summer of 1999, a group of teenagers, through interconnected narratives, live through the...