Seduced and Abandoned
Directed by Pietro Germi • 1964 • Italy
Starring Stefania Sandrelli, Saro Urzí, Aldo Puglisi
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) 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 sly, devilish grin.
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Seduced and Abandoned
Directed by Pietro Germi • 1964 • Italy
Starring Stefania Sandrelli, Saro Urzí, Aldo PuglisiShotgun 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 interna...
Extras
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Commedia all'italiana: Germi Style
Screenwriters Luciano Vincenzoni and Furio Scarpelli and film scholar Mario Sesti recall SEDUCED AND ABANDONED director Pietro Germi and the great tradition of commedia all’italiana in this compilation of interviews, recorded in Rome in 2006.
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Stefania Sandrelli on SEDUCED AND ABANDONED
In this interview, recorded in 2002, actress Stefania Sandrelli talks about working with director Pietro Germi on SEDUCED AND ABANDONED.
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Lando Buzzanca on SEDUCED AND ABANDONED
In this interview, recorded in 2002, actor Lando Buzzanca talks about working with director Pietro Germi on SEDUCED AND ABANDONED.
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SEDUCED AND ABANDONED Screen Test
The following screen test for SEDUCED AND ABANDONED shows the young actor Stefania Sandrelli rehearsing the role of Agnese.
