Plot

Gino, a drifter, begins an affair with inn-owner Giovanna, and they plan to get rid of her older husband.

Gino, a young and handsome tramp, stops at a small roadside inn run by Giovanna. She is unsatisfied with her older husband Bragana, whom she only married for money. Gino and Giovanna fall in love. But Bragana is inhibiting their passion, and Giovanna refuses to run away with Gino.—Yepok

Condemned to a loveless marriage, the dejected housewife, Giovanna, sees a ray of light shine in her miserable life when the alluring vagabond, Gino, happens upon her boorish husband's truck-stop roadhouse. Unexpectedly, the attraction between the unhappy woman and the enigmatic stranger is as fascinating as it is irresistible--and in the desperate plight of a sinful whirlwind romance--before long, an all-consuming passion will demand a cathartic means of escape. However, is there a way to flee guilt's damned prison?—Nick Riganas

"Ossessione", made in 1942 and banned in Italy by Mussolini, is a powerful delineation of the ill-fated love between Gino, a virile young drifter who arrives by chance at a roadside restaurant and filling station, and Giovanna, the beautiful young wife of the fat old man who owns the place. Giovanna's husband disgusts her; every time he touches her she wants to scream. Gino leaves, only to return because he can't get her out of his blood.—Land