The love of Annabella and Giovanni must not be, because they are brother and sister. But it takes place nonetheless - Giovanni's hesitant courtship of his sister is quickly answered, and they both give free rein to their passion. But what should remain hidden from the world threatens to come to light nonetheless: Annabella becomes pregnant. In desperation she marries Soranzo, one of her suitors. Soranzo discovers the terrible secret of his bride and wants to kill the brother and sister. But Giovanni beats him to it...
English playwright and Shakespeare contemporary John Ford (1586-1640) breaks the silence on a morally frowned-upon taboo, then as now, in his opulently cruel and exceedingly sensual drama: Sibling love - and drastically contrasts it in its tenderness with the double standards of a depraved society.
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