The Seduction of Mimi (Lina Westmüller)

The Seduction of Mimi

Mimì metallurgico ferito nell'onore Italie 1972 | Lina Wertmüller | vostEN | 121’ | digital | Cast : Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Turi Ferro

► Best Actor (Giannini) & Special David (Melato), David di Donatello Awards 1972

Mimi, a Sicilian laborer, loses his job after refusing to vote for the Mafia’s candidate. Leaving his wife behind, he goes to the city and revives his spirits in the arms of the radical Fiorella, with whom he starts a new life as a reliable husband and father. But the past comes back to haunt him…

« Sexual hypocrisies and political dilemmas rarely flow smoothly onto the screen. But Lina Wertmuller excels in conveying both in The Seduction of Mimi. Her films are deeply political, and her characters dwell in realms where politics cannot be escaped – whether in Mussolini's Italy or modern Sicily. » (The New York TImes)

« It combines the wonderfully intriguing, albeit disorienting, albeit political nuances of Italian cinema with a sort of broad comedy that has at its center Giancarlo Giannini's Chaplinesque charm. » (Cine-File.com)

« The quintessential Wertmuller couple – sad-eyed Giancarlo Giannini and maneater Mariangela Melato – rev up this lively, devilish Faustian comedy. » (Chicago Tribune) 

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