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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, The Conformist, Jamon Jamon) 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 devilish grin.

Review

This witty yet bitter film studies the inequalities and injustices of the Sicilian moral code. A young woman is befriended and seduced by the fiancé of her sister. His denial of any responsibility and his abandonment destroys her. The film alternates between a bedroom farce and social realism and is a successful follow-up to the director's Divorce, Italian Style. (Italian with English subtitles)