Starring Sophia Loren, Gerard Oury, Lise Bourdin, Rik Battaglia, Enrico Olivieri
Directed by Mario Soldati

Print: color
Runtime: 105 min.
Genre: drama
Print Quality: B

When peasant girl Nives (Sophia Loren) is deserted by smuggler Gino Lodi (Rik Battaglia),
she betrays him to the police. Police officer Enzo Cinti (Gerard Oury), who loves Nives,
traces her to the Po River cane-fields, where she is working as a cutter to support herself
and an infant son, and warns her that Gino has escaped from prison and is seeking
revenge. She rejects his offer to protect her. Gino finds Nives, mourning the drowning death
of their son. He surrenders himself to the police and then walks at Nives' side in the funeral
procession.