PLOT

Adriana De Mauro is the daughter of a Sicilian middle class widow. ln love since childhood with count Cesare Braggi, Adriana has lived in trembling expectation of becoming his wife. The old count, however, wants the girl to marry his other son, Antonio. When the old man
dies Adriana resigns herself to marrying Antonio, persuaded by her mother to respect the wishes of the dead. When her husband Antonio,
who has given her a son, is killed prematurely in a car accident, Adriana withdraws into strict mourning, neglecting both her person and her health. Persuaded finally by her brother-in-Iaw Cesare, she goes with him to see a cardiologist in Palermo. The diagnosis, which leaves very
little hope, persuades Cesare to extend the trip to Naples, where a second doctor can only confirm the opinion of the first. Her life threatened,
Adriana’s femininity reawakens. It is she who now asks that they not return to Sicily As they travel up through Italy, love which until
then had been repressed - bursts forth between Cesare and Adriana. But Venice will be their last stop: struck down by a heart attack,
Adriana dies. (Enrico Lancia)
Story: based on the novella of the same name by Luigi Pirandello.