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Release Date:
15 July 1964 (USA)
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Tagline:
It's All About What Happens After What Should Never Happen Happens!
Plot:
Agnese, a 15-year-old Sicilian girl is seduced and impregnated by Peppino, her sister Matilde's fiancé...
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Sicilian
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Kidnapping
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Honor
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Loss Of Virginity
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10 wins
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5 nominations
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A Brilliant Cultural Self Parody
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Cast
(in credits order) | 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 |
| Paola Biggio | ... | Matilde Ascalone |
| Rocco D'Assunta | ... | Orlando Califano |
| Oreste Palella | ... | Police Chief Polenza |
| Lina Lagalla | ... | Francesca Ascalone (as Lina La Galla) |
| Gustavo D'Arpe | ... | Ciarpetta the Lawyer |
| Rosetta Urzì | ... | Consolata the Maid |
| Roberta Narbonne | ... | Rosaura Ascalone |
| Vincenzo Licata | ... | Pasquale Profumo the Undertaker |
| Attilio Martella | ... | Il Pretore |
| Adelino Campardo | ... | Bisigato the Policeman |
| Salvatore Fazio | ... | Father Mariano |
| Italia Spadaro | ... | Aunt Carmela |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Domenico De Nimmo | ... | Grandfather Ascalone (uncredited) |
| Bruno Scipioni | ... | (uncredited) |
Directed by | |||
| Pietro Germi | |||
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| Pietro Germi | dialogue | |
| Agenore Incrocci | dialogue (as Age) | |
| Furio Scarpelli | dialogue (as Scarpelli) | |
| Luciano Vincenzoni | story and screenplay | |
Produced by | |||
| Franco Cristaldi | .... | producer | |
| Luigi Giacosi | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Carlo Rustichelli | |||
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| Aiace Parolin | |||
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| Roberto Cinquini | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Carlo Egidi | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Andrea Fantacci | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Angela Sammaciccia | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Raffaele Cristini | .... | makeup artist | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Renzo Marignano | .... | assistant director | |
| Francesco Massaro | .... | assistant director | |
Music Department | |||
| Luigi Urbini | .... | musical director (as Pierluigi Urbani) | |
Other crew | |||
| Mirta Guarnaschelli | .... | continuity (as Myrta Corbucci) | |
| Herman G. Weinberg | .... | subtitler: English | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Continental Distributing (1964) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Les Acacias (2010) (France) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Paramount Films of Italy Inc. (1964) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Criterion Collection, The (2006) (USA) (DVD)
- Hen's Tooth Video (video)
- Digitmovies Alternative Entertainment soundtrack
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Also Known As:
"Sedotta e abbandonata" - Italy (original title)
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USA:115 min
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Referenced in Delighting in Contrasts (2005) (V)See more »
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Guarda come dondoloSee more »
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The Italians are masters at laughing at themselves. I wonder if Iraq had developed that kind of self parody the world wouldn't have turned a much different place. I mention Iraq because, based on the tale told in "Seduced and Abandoned", the only difference between Sicily and Iraq is the name of their God. The great Pietro Germi designs a grotesquely comic masterpiece of such ferocity that the line between comedy and tragedy is indeed very thin. As is typical in a Germi film, the cast is uniformly sensational. Here, besides a very young and extraordinary Stefania Sandrelli, there is a superlative performance by Saro Urzi, the head of the family threatened by a devastating scandal. Ignorance and hypocrisy dissected with a refined, elegant hand. Observed with the acute, unsentimental eye of an outsider and yet, Pietro Germi, was an Italian who looked with affectionate horror at the cultural ties that kept his Country trailing behind the rest of the western world. Not to be missed.