Seduced and Abandoned (1964)
Directed by: Pietro Germi
Starring: Saro Urzi, Sefania Sandrelli, Aldo Puglisi
Rated: NR
Running Time: 1h 55m
TMM Score: 4 Stars
STRENGTHS: Characters, Cinematography
WEAKNESSES: NA
When Agnese, the youngest daughter of a Sicilian family, falls for her older sister’s fiance’, Peppino, she ends up pregnant a with a family desperate to see justice served and their daughter married, whether anyone involved actually wants that or not.
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Divorce Italian Style (1961)
Directed by: Pietro Germi
Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca, Stefania Sandrelli
Rated: NR (Suggested PG-13 for Suggestive Content)
Running Time: 1 h 45 m
TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Writing, Acting, Directing, Cinematography
WEAKNESSES: Content (?)
A married Sicilian man, unhappy in his marriage, falls in love with his younger cousin and vows to wed her. But, since divorce is illegal in Italy, he must devise a way to convince his wife to have an affair so he can commit a crime of passion.
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