Pietro Germi

Baron Ferdinando Cefalù longs to marry his nubile young cousin Angela, but one obstacle stands in his way: it is illegal for him to divorce his wife. His solution? Murder!

Baron Ferdinando Cefalù longs to marry his nubile young cousin Angela, but one obstacle stands in his way: it is illegal for him to divorce his wife. His solution? Murder!

Lady-loving violinist Sergio (Ugo Tognazzi) has acquired no less than three families. Unwilling to give up the charade, Sergio must work day and night to provide for his expanding households. When the pressure becomes too great, a fatal heart attack provides just the perspective he needs to see the impact of his selfishness as he watches his funeral unfold from heaven. The film garnered two Golden Globe nods and a Golden Palm nomination.

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.