The villagers hated the savage fiery woman they called the She-Wolf (Kerima), fearing her untamed passions and uninhibited actions. Yet, they were helpless when, through the influence of Imbornone (Mario Passante), she arranged to have Maria (May Britt), her daughter, chosen to represent St. Agatha at a lavish village pageant.
During the fiesta, she meets Lasca (Ettore Mannin), a handsome young soldier and, recognizing in him an answering emotion equal to her own, she falls madly in love. Maria, meanwhile, has captured his attention, and while he joins the savage She-Wolf in a wild night of love, aka equal emotions answered, he is nevertheless interested in the elfin girl who portrayed the leading role in the pageant. Later, he meets Maria and falls deeply in love with her, but flees when he learns she is the daughter of the She-Wolf. But, the passion-driven mother talks Lasca into marrying Maria after she gives them her home, and promises to go away and live in another village.
But, shortly after-wards, she finds an excuse to return and even shorter there-after-wards than that, the young people "find they are sharing their primitive intimacy with the unbridled ardour of the She-Wolf." (I don't know, I don't speak Italian and that may be a bad translation.) She finds a number of ways to remind Lasca of her presence, and Maria, waiting the birth of her child, watches in mute misery as the "tumult" between her mother and her husband grows. (You have to read between the lines.) But, when the child is born, Lasca swears loyalty to Maria---yeah, sure, now he does---and drives the She-Wolf from the house.
So she goes over and gets herself under Imbourne's "protection"---means the same in all languages---and finds herself in a position to vent her hatreds and frustrations on those she believes responsible for her unhappiness.
And venting takes on a whole another meaning when the venting is being done by a spurned, horny Mother-in-law. SEE: The Graduate
During the fiesta, she meets Lasca (Ettore Mannin), a handsome young soldier and, recognizing in him an answering emotion equal to her own, she falls madly in love. Maria, meanwhile, has captured his attention, and while he joins the savage She-Wolf in a wild night of love, aka equal emotions answered, he is nevertheless interested in the elfin girl who portrayed the leading role in the pageant. Later, he meets Maria and falls deeply in love with her, but flees when he learns she is the daughter of the She-Wolf. But, the passion-driven mother talks Lasca into marrying Maria after she gives them her home, and promises to go away and live in another village.
But, shortly after-wards, she finds an excuse to return and even shorter there-after-wards than that, the young people "find they are sharing their primitive intimacy with the unbridled ardour of the She-Wolf." (I don't know, I don't speak Italian and that may be a bad translation.) She finds a number of ways to remind Lasca of her presence, and Maria, waiting the birth of her child, watches in mute misery as the "tumult" between her mother and her husband grows. (You have to read between the lines.) But, when the child is born, Lasca swears loyalty to Maria---yeah, sure, now he does---and drives the She-Wolf from the house.
So she goes over and gets herself under Imbourne's "protection"---means the same in all languages---and finds herself in a position to vent her hatreds and frustrations on those she believes responsible for her unhappiness.
And venting takes on a whole another meaning when the venting is being done by a spurned, horny Mother-in-law. SEE: The Graduate