Seduced and Abandoned

UPC: 715515019026

Studio: Criterion

Summary: Mistakenly labeled as a neorealist drama in some sources, Seduced and Abandoned is actually a slyly constructed Italian domestic comedy (could anyone have really taken that florid title seriously?) Aldo Puglisi plays a "love 'em and leave 'em" type who impregnates the teen-aged sister (Stefania Sandrelli) of his own fiancee (Paola Biggio). Saro Urzi, the girls' infuriated father, insists that Puglisi break off with the older girl to marry the younger. The police get into the act, threatening to arrests Puglisi for corrupting the morals of a minor. Through some quick thinking on his part, Puglisi manages to get the younger girl to indignantly refuse his hand in marriage. The family is torn asunder by this incident, with darkly comic results. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Category: Comedy

Awards: Best Actor – Cannes Film Festival Best Foreign Film – National Board of Review

Features: New, restored high-definition digital transfer
Commedia all'italiana: germi style, a video piece featuring new interviews with screenwriters Furio Scarpelli and Luciano Vincenzoni and Italian film scholar Mario Sesti
Interviews with actors Stefania Sandrelli and Lando Buzzanca
Stefania Sandrelli screen test
Theatrical trailer
New and improved English subtitle translation
Plus: a new essay by film scholar Irene Bignardi

Seduced and Abandoned

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 08/29/2006

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DD1 Dolby Digital Mono

Runtime: 117 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Subtitles: English

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Seduced and Abandoned
1. Logos/Opening Credits [1:56]
2. Seduced [4:42]
3. Ascalone Family Dinner [6:42]
4. Three Thousand Loads to Shoot [4:14]
5. Nice and Fat [7:15]
6. + or - [4:59]
7. Marry Her...or Else [2:40]
8. The Baron [8:46]
9. "I Won't Marry That Whore" [6:02]
10. Vincenzo's Plan [5:29]
11. Antonio Will Do It [4:34]
12. Agnese Escapes [5:58]
13. Attempted Murder [3:22]
14. Virgin or Whore? [11:05]
15. Keeping up Appearance [9:12]
16. Peppino's Serenade [5:23]
17. Kidnapping [7:40]
18. "Now Kiss My Hand" [3:36]
19. Agnese Revolts [3:14]
20. The Town Talks [2:00]
21. The Bells Toll [3:03]
23. Honor and Family [6:06]

Cast and Crew: Bruno Scipioni  Actor 
Franco Cristaldi  Producer 
Pietro Germi  Director 
Pietro Germi  Screenwriter 
Carlo Rustichelli  Composer (Music Score) 
Age  Screenwriter 
Furio Scarpelli  Screenwriter 
Luciano Vincenzoni  Screenwriter 
Stefania Sandrelli  Actor 
Saro Urzi  Actor 
Leopoldo Trieste  Actor 
Lando Buzzanca  Actor 
Aldo Puglisi  Actor 
Umberto Spadaro  Actor 
Rocco D'Assunta  Actor 
Oreste Palella  Actor 
Gustavo D'Arpe  Actor 

Country: France,Italy