Seduced and Abandoned
Seduced and Abandoned | |
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Directed by | Pietro Germi |
Written by | Pietro Germi Agenore Incrocci Furio Scarpelli Luciano Vincenzoni |
Produced by | Franco Cristaldi |
Starring | Stefania Sandrelli Saro Urzì Aldo Puglisi Lando Buzzanca Lola Braccini |
Cinematography | Aiace Parolin |
Edited by | Roberto Cinquini |
Music by | Carlo Rustichelli |
Distributed by | Continental Distributing Inc. |
Running time | 115 minutes |
Countries | Italy France |
Language | Italian |
Seduced and Abandoned (Italian: Sedotta e abbandonata) is a 1964 Italian film directed by Pietro Germi. It was screened at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
Plot[]
The film presents the tale of Agnese Ascalone, daughter of prominent quarry owner Vincenzo Ascalone, and takes place in a small town in Sicily (specifically Sciacca), as did Germi's previous film, Divorce, Italian Style. Agnese is seduced by her sister Matilde's fiancé, 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[]
- Stefania Sandrelli - Agnese Ascalone
- Saro Urzì - Don Vincenzo Ascalone
- Aldo Puglisi - Peppino Califano
- Lando Buzzanca - Antonio Ascalone
- Lola Braccini - Amalia Califano
- Leopoldo Trieste - Baron Rizieri Zappalà
- Umberto Spadaro - Cousin Ascalone, a lawyer
- - Matilde Ascalone
- Rocco D'Assunta - Orlando Califano
- - Police Chief Polenza
- - Francesca Ascalone
- - Ciarpetta the Lawyer
- - Consolata the Maid
- - Rosaura Ascalone
- - Pasquale Profumo the Undertaker
- - The Magistrate Judge
- - Police Officer Bisigato
- - Don Mariano the Priest
- - Aunt Carmela
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[]
- Bride kidnapping in films
References[]
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Seduced and Abandoned". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
- ^ "Franca Viola" by Deirdre Pirro in The Florentine (issue no. 78/2008 / April 30, 2008) [1]
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sedotta e abbandonata. |
- Seduced and Abandoned at IMDb
- Seduced and Abandoned at Rotten Tomatoes
- Seduced and Abandoned: Honor and Family an essay by Irene Bignardi at the Criterion Collection
- Italian-language films
- 1964 films
- 1964 comedy films
- Italian films
- Italian black-and-white films
- Commedia all'italiana
- Films directed by Pietro Germi
- Films scored by Carlo Rustichelli
- Films with screenplays by Luciano Vincenzoni
- Films with screenplays by Age & Scarpelli
- Films set in Sicily
- 1960s Italian comedy film stubs