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.

• DirectorPietro Germi
• Release30 January 1964
• Genre
  Comedy / Drama
• Duration1h 58m
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• Rate
  

  7.6
  152 reviews
• Productions

  Lux Film, Ultra Film, Vides Cinematografica, Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France