La moglie più bella
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The Most Beautiful Wife is a 1970 Italian
film
directed by Damiano Damiani, based on the 1965 case of Franca Viola
, who challenged the still frequent southern Italian custom of kidnapping and raping a prospective bride by refusing to marry her abductor. See bride kidnapping
.
It was the debut film for the then 14 year old Ornella Muti
.
Italy
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Film
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directed by Damiano Damiani, based on the 1965 case of Franca Viola
Franca Viola
Franca Viola is a Sicilian woman that became famous in the 1960s in Italy for refusing a "rehabilitating wedding" after suffering kidnapping and rape. Instead, she and her family successfully appealed to the law to prosecute the rapists...
, who challenged the still frequent southern Italian custom of kidnapping and raping a prospective bride by refusing to marry her abductor. See bride kidnapping
Bride kidnapping
Bride kidnapping, also known as marriage by abduction or marriage by capture, is a practice throughout history and around the world in which a man abducts the woman he wishes to marry...
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It was the debut film for the then 14 year old Ornella Muti
Ornella Muti
Ornella Muti is an Italian actress. She was born in Rome as Francesca Romana Rivelli, to a Neapolitan father and Russian mother. Her maternal grandparents immigrated from Leningrad , Russia, to Estonia...
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