The film presents the tale of Agnese Ascalone, daughter of prominent miner Vincenzo Ascalone, and takes place in a small town in Sicily. Agnese is seduced by her sister Matilde's fiancé, and has a tryst with him for which she confesses and tries to repent, only to be discovered by her mother and father.
Stefania Sandrelli
Saro Urzì
Aldo Puglisi
Lando Buzzanca
Lola Braccini
Leopoldo Trieste
Umberto Spadaro
Paola Biggio
Rocco D'Assunta
Salvatore Fazio
Oreste Palella
Lina Lagalla
Gustavo D'Arpe
Rosetta Urzì
Roberta Narbonne
Vincenzo Licata
Attilio Martella
Adelino Campardo
Italia Spadaro