At the Café du Chat Noir, Joan Billaire, a dancer, attacks Mitzi for schooling her brother, Petit, in picking pockets and is saved from a knifing by Lupine, a thief. Later, Lupine enlists Petit's aid in a robbery, and the boy is accidentally wounded by him.
Is it worth the watch? If you are the kind of person who enjoys hunting down dusty 1929 films just to see how they handled drama back then, yes. The Redeeming Sin is a strange little relic. But if you hate movies where people make the worst possible decisions for the sake of the plot, you should probably skip thi...
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"Is it worth the watch? If you are the kind of person who enjoys hunting down dusty 1929 films just to see how they handled drama back then, yes. The Redeeming Sin is a strange little relic. But if you hate movies where people make the worst possible decisions for the sake of the plot, you should probably skip this one. It is very much a product of its time. Melodrama doesn't even begin to describe it. The whole thing takes place around the Café du Chat Noir. It’s exactly the kind of pla..."
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