The Seduction of Mimi

The Seduction of Mimi
The Seduction of Mimi
Directed by Lina Wertmüller
Produced by Romano Cardarelli
Daniele Senatore
Written by Lina Wertmüller
Starring Giancarlo Giannini
Mariangela Melato
Turi Ferro
Agostina Belli
Music by Piero Piccioni
Editing by Franco Fraticelli
Release date(s) February 19, 1972
Running time 121 min
Country Italy
Language Italian

Mimí metallurgico ferito nell'onore (1972) is an Italian language film directed by Lina Wertmüller, starring Giancarlo Giannini and Mariangela Melato. It was released in the United States as The Seduction of Mimi, although a literal translation of the title would be "Mimi the metalworker, wounded in honor". The film was entered into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

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Plot

Set in both Sicily and mainland Italy, the film follows the adventures of a man nicknamed Mimi, who is asked to rig a local election. Instead, he votes for a Communist representative. To get away from the Mafia, he leaves his wife and falls for and lives with a female political activist. Soon, other situations happen that leave Mimi questioning the life he has and what he will do next.

The screenplay was adapted, very loosely, for the 1977 film Which Way Is Up? starring Richard Pryor.

Cast

  • Giancarlo Giannini - Carmelo Mardocheo / Mimí
  • Mariangela Melato - Fiorella Meneghini
  • Turi Ferro - Don Calogero / Vico Tricarico / Salvatore Tricarico
  • Agostina Belli - Rosalia Capuzzo in Mardocheo
  • Luigi Diberti - Pippino
  • Elena Fiore - Amalia Finocchiaro
  • Tuccio Musumeci - Pasquale
  • Ignazio Pappalardo - Massaro 'Ntoni
  • Gianfranco Barra - Serg. Amilcare Finnocchiaro
  • Livia Giampalmo - Violetta
  • Rosaria Rapisarda
  • Umberto Lentini
  • Salvatore Savasta
  • Ottorino Russo
  • Giovanni Cori

Trivia

Giancarlo Giannini starred in three other films Wertmuller made during this period: Love and Anarchy, Swept Away and Seven Beauties.

References

  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Seduction of Mimi". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2360/year/1972.html. Retrieved 2009-04-14. 

External links

v · d · eFilms directed by Lina Wertmüller

The Lizards • Let's Talk About Men • Don't Sting the Mosquito • The Belle Starr Story • The Seduction of Mimi • Love and Anarchy • Everything Ready, Nothing Works • Swept Away by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August • Seven Beauties • A Night Full of Rain • Blood Feud • A Joke of Destiny • Softly, Softly • Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime) • Summer Night, with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil • As Long as It's Love • The Tenth One in Hiding • Ciao, Professore! • The Nymph • The Blue Collar Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirl of Sex and Politics • Ferdinando e Carolina • Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers



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