Underplayed Gems

Tresa (1915)

Tresa poster
Directed by
Emilio Ghione
Country
Kingdom of Italy
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How it feels

A young woman from a poor background in Sicily is seduced and abandoned by a nobleman. She is taken in by a local criminal who falls in love with her and plans to start a new life together in America.

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What happens

Tresa è un film muto italiano del 1915 diretto da Emilio Ghione. In Sicilia, la giovane popolana Tresa è sedotta dal giovane nobile don Luigino, che poi l'abbandona. Per questo viene allontanata dalla famiglia e l'unico che la soccorre e si prende cura di lei è il malvivente Totò Malacondotta, che se ne innamora e le propone di emigrare insieme in America per rifarsi una vita. Tresa, anche se ancora infatuata di don Luigino, accetta, ma prima della partenza vuole incontrare un'ultima volta il suo seduttore. Costui la maltratta e la insulta: allora Totò interviene e lo uccide. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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