The Bride Was Beautiful

La sposa era bellissima

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.

Director

Pál Gábor

Screenplay

Enzo Lauretta

Music

Nicola Piovani

Screenplay

Pál Gábor

Status

Released

Release date

13/08/1987

Original language

Italian