(SEDOTTA E ABBANDONATA, Pietro Germi, Italy 1964, 117 min.)

When 16-year-old Agnese (Stefania Sandrelli) loses her virginity at the hands of her sister’s lascivious fiancé, her frenzied father will stop at nothing to restore his family’s honor, including kidnapping, attempted murder, and emergency dental surgery. “Germi’s maliciously funny examination of the marriage rites of Sicily [is] done up in a crowded, cartoonish style that suggests the work of Preston Sturges”—Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader.