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The scene is the Pontine Marshes, a disease-ridden region. The year is 1902. Maria Goretti, a twelve-year-old girl, lives with her parents, poor farm hands, in the house of Serenelli, a heavy drinker who has offered them board and lodging. The farmer has a son, Alessandro, aged eighteen, who is sexually attracted to the pious girl. Maria resists his advances. One day the young man can’t help it anymore: he rapes Maria before murdering her. Before she dies, Maria forgives her assailant. After her death she is canonized as a saint. |
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| Ratings: | IMDB: 6.9/10 | |
| Released: | November 24, 1949 | |
| Runtime: | 111 min | |
| Genres: | Drama Biography | |
| Companies: | Film Bassoli Arx | |
| Cast: | Rubi D'Alma Michele Malaspina Domenico Viglione Borghese Ines Orsini | |
| Crew: | Fausto Tozzi Suso Cecchi D'Amico Augusto Genina Elvira Psorulla | |
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