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The teenage boy, Giuseppe, lives with his mother in Cammarata, a Sicilian mountain village. His father left the family years ago, and has since then settled down as a guest worker in West-Germany and established a family. Under local moral rules, Maria is a so-called "white widow", who must stay faithful to her husband even if he never returns to her again. Maria and the newly arrived young doctor fall in love with each other. Their happiness is frowned upon not only by Giuseppe, but the entire village as well as the distant husband.Read moreLess
The teenage boy, Giuseppe, lives with his mother in Cammarata, a Sicilian mountain village. His father left the family years ago, and has since then settled down as a guest worker in West-Germany and established a family. Under local moral rules, Maria is a so-called "white widow", who must stay faithful to her husband even if he never returns to her again. Maria and the newly arrived young doctor fall in love with each other. Their happiness is frowned upon not only by Giuseppe, but the entire village as well as the distant husband.
The story
The teenage boy, Giuseppe, lives with his mother in Cammarata, a Sicilian mountain village. His father left the family years ago, and has since then settled down as a guest worker in West-Germany and established a family. Under local moral rules, Maria is a so-called "white widow", who must stay faithful to her husband even if he never returns to her again. Maria and the newly arrived young doctor fall in love with each other. Their happiness is frowned upon not only by Giuseppe, but the entire village as well as the distant husband.
Cast & crew
Ángela MolinaMaria
Massimo GhiniSergio
Marco LeonardiGiuseppe
Simona CavallariGiovanna
Stefania SandrelliCarmela
Turi ScaliaCast
Mimmo MignemiCast
Adriano Chiaramida
Guia JeloCastExplore the crew
- Director
- Pál Gábor
- Screenplay
- Enzo Lauretta
- Editor
- Katalin Kabdebó
- Writer
- Stefano Milioto
- Director of Photography
- János Kende
- Original Music Composer
- Nicola Piovani
- Writer
- Lucio Battistrada
- Writer
- Pál Gábor
- Producer
- Gianni Minervini