Il bell'Antonio (1960)

after years living in rome, antonio magnano returns to catania, his hometown. she falls in love with the beautiful barbara and the bride, making her parents especially happy. however, it happens that the young man, who sincerely loves his wife, is unable to have sexual relations with her. when the news transpires, alfio, antonio's father, to save the honor of the family and demonstrate the virility of the men of the house, dies in the arms of a prostitute. barbara marries a rich but old duke. antonio, perhaps, will succeed in rehabilitating himself when he leaves to believe that the son that the maid carries in his lap is his work.