Directed by: Salvatore Samperi
Stars: Laura Antonelli, Fernando Rey, Christian De Sica, Enzo Cannavale, Gabrielle Lazure
Language: Italian | Subtitles: English
Country: Italy | Imdb Info
Also known as: Casta e pura, Rosa
Description: In the lush countryside of Veneto, Rosa (Laura Antonelli) lives under the suffocating control of her father, Antonio (Fernando Rey), a manipulative patriarch who has spent decades exploiting the family fortune. By the will of Rosa’s grandfather, she alone is the rightful heir, but Antonio has cleverly ensured his grip on the wealth by forcing his daughter to take a vow of chastity — a pledge of purity extorted from her at her dying mother’s bedside.
Now in her thirties, Rosa is a fragile, repressed woman, psychologically torn by temptation and religious guilt. Surrounded by opportunists — a cousin seeking her hand, a sleazy playboy, even a meddling priest — Rosa struggles to navigate a world where everyone desires her fortune as much as her body.
Fearing she might renounce her vow and escape his control, Antonio orchestrates a grand festival in her honor. What begins as a Christian feast devolves into a pagan masquerade, culminating in a staged assault meant to break Rosa’s spirit. Instead, the humiliating ordeal awakens a new strength within her.
In a bitter twist of fate, Rosa seizes her independence, cutting ties with her father and rejecting those who sought to exploit her. The once “chaste and pure” daughter transforms into a woman who takes her destiny — and her inheritance — firmly into her own hands.
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