Seduced and Abandoned

Seduced and Abandoned (Italian: Sedotta e abbandonata) is a 1964 Italian film directed by Pietro Germi. It was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival. The film presents the tale of Agnese Ascalone, daughter of prominent miner Vincenzo Ascalone, and takes place in a small town in Sicily, as was Germi's previous film Divorce, Italian Style. Agnese is seduced by her sister Matilde's fiance, and has a tryst with him for which she confesses and tr... more

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Pietro Germi

Pietro Germi (14 September 1914 - 5 December 1974) was an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director. Germi was born in Genoa, Liguria, to a lower-middle class family. He was a messenger and briefly attended nautical school before deciding on a career in acting. He studied acting and directing at...

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