basedonthestoryofFrancaVillaandFilippoMelodia.InSicily,asaMafiabossleavesforprison,headvisesVito,ayoungmanwho'shispotentialsuccessor,tomarryavirtuousandpoorwoman.Vito'seyesettlesonFrancesca,only15,butlovelyandself-possessed.Amonghervirtuesarehighselfworthandforthrightspeech,soalthoughshefallsinlovewithVito,shewon'tbowdowntohim.Believinghe'slosingface,hehashisboyskidnapherandherapesher.Then,hetellsherhe'llstillmarryher.Instead,shefilescharges.Herparents,brother,andneighborsrefusetosupporther.Willshebreak?WillVitocontinuehisassaults?