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.
Agnese Ascalone
Don Vincenzo Ascalone
Peppino Califano
Antonio Ascalone
Amalia Califano
Barone Rizieri
il cugino di Ascalone
Matilde Ascalone
Orlando Califano
Don Mariano
Maresciallo dei carabinieri Polenza
Francesca Ascalone
Avvocato Ciarpetta
Consolata, la serva di casa Ascalone
Rosaura Ascalone
Pasquale Profumo
Il pretore
Il brigadiere Bisigato
Zia Carmela
