La Moglie più Bella movie storyline. Based on the story of Franca Viola and Filippo Melodia. In Sicily, as a Mafia boss leaves for prison, he advises Vito, a young man who’s his potential successor, to marry a virtuous and poor woman. Vito’s eye settles on Francesca, only 15, but lovely and self-possessed. Among her virtues are high self worth and forthright speech, so although she falls in love with Vito, she won’t bow down to him. Believing he’s losing face, he has his boys kidnap her and he rapes her. Then, he tells her he’ll still marry her. Instead, she files charges. Her parents, brother, and neighbors refuse to support her. Will she break? Will Vito continue his assaults?
La Moglie più Bella (English: The Most Beautiful Wife) is a 1970 Italian film directed by Damiano Damiani, based on the 1965 case of Franca Viola, who challenged the still frequent southern Italian custom of kidnapping and raping a prospective bride by refusing to marry her abductor. It was the debut film for the then 14-year-old Ornella Muti.
La Moglie più Bella (1970)
Directed by: Damiano Damiani
Starring: Ornella Muti, Alessio Orano, Pierluigi Aprà, Tano Cimarosa, Joe Sentieri, Amerigo Tot, Enzo Andronico, Mariella Palmich, Jocelyne Munchenbach, Giuseppe Lauricella
Screenplay by: Damiano Damiani, Enrico Ribulsi, Sofia Scandurra
Production Design by: Umberto Turco
Cinematography by: Franco Di Giacomo
Film Editing by: Antonio Siciliano
Costume Design by: Umberto Turco
Makeup Department: Adriana Cassini, Raffaele Cristini, Carlo Renzini
Music by: Ennio Morricone
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Produzioni Atlas Consorziate (P.A.C.)
Release Date: March 12, 1970
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