Storyline

An Italian-American neighborhood in Louisiana is disturbed when truck driver Rosario Delle Rose is killed by police while smuggling. His buxom widow Serafina miscarries, then over a period of years draws more and more into herself, trying to force her lovely teenaged daughter Rosa to do likewise. On one eventful day, Rose finally breaks away; Serafina learns of Rosario's affair with another woman; and a new carefree, handsome Italian truck driver enters her life...—Rod Crawford

Plot Keywords

based on play, high school, immigrant, loss of husband, marriage proposal, melodrama, miscarriage, mother daughter relationship, nightclub, piano, player piano, prayer, priest, purse, roadblock, grocery store, gossip, tattoo, grief, arranged marriage

Short Review

Neither in writing or performance is [Burt Lancaster's] character anything more than a static prototype.

Trailer

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