{"id":95145,"date":"2024-01-25T00:44:42","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T07:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=95145"},"modified":"2024-01-25T00:50:50","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T07:50:50","slug":"seduced-and-abandoned-1964","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=95145","title":{"rendered":"Seduced and Abandoned (1964)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;It&#8217;s a question of honor &#8211; it&#8217;s always a question of honor!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-and-Abandoned-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-and-Abandoned-Poster-214x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-95147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-and-Abandoned-Poster-214x300.png 214w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-and-Abandoned-Poster-91x128.png 91w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-and-Abandoned-Poster-192x270.png 192w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-and-Abandoned-Poster.png 667w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen he learns his 15-year-old daughter (Stefania Sandrelli) has been impregnated by the fiance (Aldo Puglisi) of his more homely daughter (Paola Biggio), the head (Saro Urz\u00ec of a large Sicilian family vows revenge upon his family&#8217;s honor.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Black Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Italian Films<\/li>\n<li>Morality Police<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAfter the success of <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2917\"><em>Divorce, Italian Style<\/em> (1961)<\/a> &#8212; which was largely responsible for sparking the genre of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Commedia_all%27italiana\"><em>commedia all&#8217;italiana<\/em><\/a> &#8212; writer-director Pietro Germi helmed this second in a trilogy of dark satires about social (specifically gender-based) mores in mid-20th-century Italy. The real-life scenario presented here is truly ludicrous: Sandrelli feels guilt for &#8220;allowing&#8221; herself to be seduced by Biggio, who promptly shuns her once he&#8217;s &#8220;defiled&#8221; her: now that she no longer a virgin (thanks to him), she&#8217;s a whore. The logical consequences of such a warped ideology are played out to the nth degree here, to the extent that responses to this film were mixed. As noted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.criterion.com\/current\/posts\/441-seduced-and-abandoned-honor-and-family\">Irene Bignardi&#8217;s essay for Criterion<\/a>: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>There was a sense that Germi had simply gone too far in this second installment of his \u201cbaroque trilogy,\u201d in his piling up of twists, turns, and coups de th\u00e9\u00e2tre, and that the tone of his satire veered toward the grotesque and cynical. And a ghastly piece of work it indeed is: a brilliant satire of a society totally devoted to appearances and to minding other people\u2019s business, a dark farce about the cult of gossip and honor.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s nice to see beautiful Sandrelli given more of a central role (and a bit more agency) here than in <em>Divorce<\/em> &#8230; (though she&#8217;s still terribly objectified):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-and-Abandoned-Sandrelli.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-and-Abandoned-Sandrelli-1024x566.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"354\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-95151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-and-Abandoned-Sandrelli-1024x566.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-and-Abandoned-Sandrelli-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-and-Abandoned-Sandrelli-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-and-Abandoned-Sandrelli-768x424.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-and-Abandoned-Sandrelli-489x270.png 489w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-and-Abandoned-Sandrelli-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-and-Abandoned-Sandrelli.png 1287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and Germi&#8217;s imagery of a town all-too-ready to play along with toxic patriarchy is appropriately incisive. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-Social-Hypocrisy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-Social-Hypocrisy-1024x570.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-95152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-Social-Hypocrisy-1024x570.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-Social-Hypocrisy-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-Social-Hypocrisy-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-Social-Hypocrisy-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-Social-Hypocrisy-485x270.png 485w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-Social-Hypocrisy-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-Social-Hypocrisy.png 1295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This one&#8217;s worth a look if you can stomach it. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Saro Urz\u00ec as Don Vincenzo Ascalone<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-and-Abandoned-Urzi.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-and-Abandoned-Urzi-1024x575.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-95154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-and-Abandoned-Urzi-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-and-Abandoned-Urzi-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-and-Abandoned-Urzi-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-and-Abandoned-Urzi-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-and-Abandoned-Urzi-481x270.png 481w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-and-Abandoned-Urzi.png 1285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fine location shooting in Sciacca<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-Location2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-Location2-1024x565.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"353\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-95153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-Location2-1024x565.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-Location2-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-Location2-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-Location2-768x423.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-Location2-490x270.png 490w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Seduced-Location2.png 1293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s recommended. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0058564\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.criterion.com\/current\/posts\/441-seduced-and-abandoned-honor-and-family\">Criterion Essay<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/seduced-and-abandoned\/review\/2030129016\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/89508\/seduced-and-abandoned#articles-reviews?articleId=1572523\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a question of honor &#8211; it&#8217;s always a question of honor!&#8221; Synopsis: When he learns his 15-year-old daughter (Stefania Sandrelli) has been impregnated by the fiance (Aldo Puglisi) of his more homely daughter (Paola Biggio), the head (Saro Urz\u00ec of a large Sicilian family vows revenge upon his family&#8217;s honor. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Black Comedy Italian Films Morality Police Review: After the success of Divorce, Italian Style (1961) &#8212; which was largely responsible for sparking the genre&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=95145\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=95145"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95163,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95145\/revisions\/95163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}