La novizia (1975)

Vittorio, a handsome young man with an established career, returns to his native town in Sicily because of his uncle Don Ninì’s poor health. Vittorio expects to find him dying, but instead realizes that his condition is not serious. Don Ninì persuades Vittorio to be carefree and brazen with everyone in town, especially the women, in order to demonstrate the family name’s prestige and virility. After a series of inconsequential erotic adventures with various women, Vittorio falls in love with Sister Immacolata (whose baptismal name is Maria), a nun attending Don Ninì at his bedside. Maria, in turn, returns Vittorio’s feelings. After Don Ninì’s death, the young woman returns to her hometown. After Maria leaves, Vittorio cannot forget the love that has just blossomed between them and sets out to find her. Once he has found her, the two young people share a few moments of passion, but they do not last long because the young man is killed.