Seduced & Abandoned

Germi’s follow-up to Divorce, Italian Style is really every bit as hilarious, scathing, and filled to the brim with a dazzling, chaotic variety of techniques. No one and nothing in Sicilian society is safe from his wrath — which maintains a loving attitude toward its subjects, without becoming condescending or indulgent. And one laughs uproariously until he stops the ride abruptly and lets sink in the depressing reality (if indeed it falls short of outright horror) of the laws, customs and gender roles he has been lampooning. Brilliant.