Claudio Gora

At the end of the 19th century, in a little Italian village by a lake an old statue is recovered. Soon a series of crimes start and the superstitious people of the village believe that the statue carries an ancient malediction.

When a brothel closes because of new laws, four of the prostitutes decide to go into business running a restaurant in this feature nominated for the Golden Lion at the 1960 Venice Film Festival.