Oreste Palella
1912 - 1969
Seduced and Abandoned
Pietro Germi
Stefania Sandrelli, Saro Urzì
The film presents the tale of Agnese Ascalone, daughter of prominent miner Vincenzo Ascalone, and takes place in a small town in Sicily. 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. The film is a dark satire of Sicilian social customs and honor laws, and is very similar to Divorce, Italian Style.
Seduced and Abandoned
Sedotti e bidonati
Giorgio Bianchi
Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia
Two rich Sicilian cousins sell their farm because they want to help two fake Siamese twins separate and then marry them. After the operation the girls are thought to be dead but then they reappear to con more money out of the two gullible men. Will they manage to do so?
Sedotti e bidonati
I 2 deputati
Giovanni Grimaldi
Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia
Francesco and Franco are brothers in law but, since their respective wives can't stand each other, are always arguing. When Francesco decides to run for Parliament, Franco is kidnapped by his opposing party and forced to run as well. The clashes between the two in-laws will continue in Parliament.
I 2 deputati
Jessica
Oreste Palella, Jean Negulesco
Maurice Chevalier, Angie Dickinson
When the men of a Sicilian village start obsessing over ravishing blonde midwife Jessica, angry females revolt by refusing to have sex with their husbands. As the local priest tries to encourage procreation, Jessica falls for a tricky recluse.
Jessica
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Giorgio Bianchi
Romina Power, Leopoldo Trieste
Ruined by a local tyrant who also gets to marry his daughter to pay off a debt, a Sicilian ensures the girl's innocence and counts on the ardor of her lover to collect the prize and prevent her marriage to the squire.
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