Seduced and Abandoned: Honor and Family
By August 28, 2006
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SYNOPSIS: Shotgun weddings, kidnapping, attempted murder, emergency dental work—the things Don Vincenzo will do to restore his family’s honor! Pietro Germi’s Seduced and Abandoned was the follow-up to his international sensation Divorce Italian Style, and in many ways it’s even more audacious—a rollicking yet raw series of escalating comic calamities that ensue in a small village when sixteen-year-old Agnese (the beautiful Stefania Sandrelli) loses her virginity at the hands of her sister’s lascivious fiance. Merciless and mirthful, Seduced and Abandoned skewers Sicilian social customs and pompous patriarchies with a sly, devilish grin.
| Agnese Ascalone | Stefania Sandrelli |
| Vincenzo Ascalone | Saro Urzi |
| Peppino Califano | Aldo Puglisi |
| Antonio Ascalone | Lando Buzzanca |
| Amalia Califano | Lola Braccini |
| Baron Rizieri | Leopoldo Trieste |
| Cousin Ascalone | Umberto Spadaro |
| Matilde Ascalone | Paola Biggio |
| Director | Pietro Germi |
| Producer | Franco Cristaldi |
| Story by | Pietro Germi and Luciano Vincenzoni |
| Screenplay | Pietro Germi, Luciano Vincenzoni, Agenore Incrocci and Furio Scarpelli |
| Line producer | Antonio Musu |
| Cinematography | Aiace Parolin |
| Music | Carlo Rustichelli |
| Musical director | Pierluigi Urbini |
| Director of production | Luigi Giacosi |
| Art direction | Carlo Egidi |
| Editing | Roberto Cinquini |
By August 28, 2006
Once upon a time, in a country of the old, civilized Europe, an article of the civil code allowed a rapist to go free if the victim agreed to marry him Read more »