Seduced and Abandoned

Seduced and Abandoned (1964) starring Saro Urzi, Stefania Sandrelli, Aldo Puglisi, Lando Buzzanca. When his 15-year-old daughter Agnese (Sandrelli) is seduced by her sister's fiance Peppino (Puglisi), Don Vincenzo (Urzi) sets out to "salvage his family's honor" by having Peppino marry Agnese. When Peppino runs away, Don Vincenzo sends his moronic son Antonio (Buzzanca) to kill him. The movie cleverly makes fun of sexual traditions -- at one point Peppino says he won't marry Agnese because she's not a virgin; after all, she gave in to him. Toward the end the movie veers from comedy into madness, but underneath all the comedy and madness, this is a serious movie about social mores in Italy. I found it tremendously entertaining and even charming. It's in Italian, with English subtitles. The subtitles are hard to read. Grade: A-