Seduced and Abandoned (1964) on Netflix
Agnese Ascalone, fifteen, is seduced by Peppino Califano, her sister Matilde's fiancé, in a small Sicilian town. When her parents learn she is pregnant, her father demands Peppino marry her.
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Plot summary
Fifteen-year-old Agnese Ascalone lives in the Sicilian town of Sciacca, where her father, Vincenzo, is a prominent quarry owner. Peppino Califano, the fiancé of her sister Matilde, seduces her. Agnese confesses the encounter and tries to repent, but her mother and father discover what happened when she begins to show the symptoms of pregnancy. Vincenzo immediately insists that Peppino marry his daughter, and under the Italian law and Sicilian custom of the time, such a wedding was the accepted way to repair the family's honor. Peppino refuses, since Agnese is no longer a virgin, and decides he does not want the marriage.
Cast
- Paola Biggioas Matilde Ascalone
- Rocco D'Assuntaas Orlando Califano
- Salvatore Fazioas Don Mariano
- Oreste Palellaas Il maresciallo Polenza
- Lina Lagallaas Francesca Ascalone (as Lina La Galla)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Seduced and Abandoned (1964)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The film is a dark satire built on a real Sicilian custom and on real Italian law of the time: bride kidnapping presented as elopement, honor killing, and the "honor-repairing wedding".
