Seduced and Abandoned

A darkly comic Sicilian drama about sexual transgression, family honor, and social disgrace that uses satire to expose the cruelty of rigid moral codes.

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.