Directed by Raffaello Matarazzo
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Criterion Eclipse)
The wealthy owner of a rock quarry operation has his romance with the daughter of a security guard thwarted by his overbearing mother. She bribes the quarry's loathsome foreman to carry out her schemes, including stealing the couple's baby and burning down her house. After her father dies, the girl is sexually attacked by the foreman and then evicted. On the verge of a nervous breakdown, she joins a convent. Meanwhile, her boyfriend uncovers the truth about his mother, but is unable to locate the girl or their child. Years pass, the girl, now a nun, returns to the town where she once again has to confront the past. Somehow, it all unravels as a long, drawn out death bed scene full of tears and appeals to God.
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