Places of "Seduced and abandoned" - Sciacca
The film "Seduced and abandoned" was almost entirely shot in the city of Sciacca.
Seduced and abandoned is a 1964 film directed by Pietro Germi and starring Stefania Sandrelli, Aldo Puglisi, Saro Urzì and Lando Buzzanca. The film is part of a trilogy that began with "Divorzio all'italiana" and ended with "Signore & Signori".
The film, set in the city of Sciacca, tells the story of Agnese, sixteen, seduced by her sister's boyfriend Matilde. The father demands a remedial wedding, but the seducer abandons her.
The film was shot mainly in the city of Sciacca, some scenes were shot in the villages of Caltabellotta, Santa Margherita del Belice and Siculania.
In the scenes turn in Sciacca it is possible to recognize: piazza Noceto where the house of the Ascalone family is located, the place where Agnese, played by Stefania Sandrelli, returns home after having confessed and where the villagers will wait for the Ascalone family to mock her; the Bar Sant'Angelo in Corso Vittorio Emanuel, a bar frequented by Don Vincenzo Ascalone, played by Saro Urzì, who appears several times in the film.
