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 fiancé, and has a tryst with him for which she confesses and tries to repent, only to be discovered by her mother and father.
Director(s): Pietro Germi
Writer(s): Pietro Germi, Luciano Vincenzoni, Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli
Producer(s): Franco Cristaldi
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There is something of the volcanic about this darkly comedic assessment of the hypocrisies of provincial life and double standards in Italy in the 1960s. It all starts when the fifteen year old “Agnes...
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