Seduced and Abandoned

This article is about the 1964 film. For the album, see Seduced and Abandoned (album). For the 2013 documentary, see Seduced and Abandoned (2013 film).
Seduced and Abandoned
Directed by Pietro Germi
Produced by Franco Cristaldi
Luigi Giacosi
Written by Pietro Germi
Agenore Incrocci
Furio Scarpelli
Luciano Vincenzoni
Starring Stefania Sandrelli
Saro Urzì
Aldo Puglisi
Lando Buzzanca
Lola Braccini
Cinematography Aiace Parolin
Distributed by Continental Distributing Inc.
Release dates
 15 July 1964
(French release)
Running time
 115 min
Language Italian

Seduced and Abandoned (Italian: Sedotta e abbandonata) is an 1964 Italian film directed by Pietro Germi. It was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Synopsis

The film presents the tale of Agnese Ascalone, daughter of prominent miner Vincenzo Ascalone, and takes place in a small town in Sicily, as did Germi's previous film Divorce, Italian Style. Agnese is seduced by her sister Matilde's fiance, and has a tryst with him for which she confesses and tries to repent, only to be discovered by her mother and father. Vincenzo immediately demands that the man, Peppino Califano, marry his daughter, and antics ensue. The film is a dark satire of Sicilian social customs and honor laws, and is very similar to Divorce, Italian Style.

Cast

Context

These Sicilian customs, including a form of bride kidnapping or elopement known as fuitina and the following "rehabilitating marriage" (matrimonio riparatore), were brought to national attention in 1966 by the case of Franca Viola. Her story was turned into the 1970 film, La moglie più bella (The Most Beautiful Wife) by Damiano Damiani and starring Ornella Muti.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Seduced and Abandoned". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
  2. ↑ "Franca Viola" by Deirdre Pirro in The Florentine (issue no. 78/2008 / April 30, 2008)
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