Professional Mourners of Sardinia, from “Women of the World“

In Sardinia, a man’s worth in life can be determined by the number of women crying at his funeral. Hence, a cottage industry is born. Filmed around 1963, from the Italian documentary “La Donna Nel Mundo.“ Narrated in English by Peter Ustinov, its aim is to explore how different life is for women in the many cultures of the world. Watch the whole movie: