The Seduction of Mimi1972
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One of the most funny and true to life films, ithink, I've ever seen. Loved it.
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- Gianfranco Barra - Serg. Amilcare Finnocchiaro
- Agostina Belli - Rosalia Capuzzo in Mardocheo
- Luigi Diberti - Pippino
- Turi Ferro - Don Calogero
- Turi Ferro - Vico Tricarico
- Turi Ferro - Salvatore Tricarico
- Elena Fiore - Amalia Finocchiaro
- Livia Giampalmo - Violetta
- Giancarlo Giannini - Mimí
- Mariangela Melato - Fiorella Meneghini
- Tuccio Musumeci - Pasquale
- Ignazio Pappalardo - Massaro 'Ntoni
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Zany but enjoyable. A kind of light-weight Brecht.
One of the most funny and true to life films, ithink, I've ever seen. Loved it.
Lina Wertmuller's The Seduction Of Mimi (1972) is a very disappointing film for me, after having viewed so many great Italian comedies from the 1960's. It is a very pretentious film, that is not at all convincing. It even lacks basic entertainment value, in my opinion. The utter pretentiousness grew increasingly outrageous until I was compelled to stop my viewing even before the film ended.
Molto devertente, and Giannini is really charming -- he has the best repertoire of expressions, gestures and gazes. This is a great film about the social and cultural climate in Italy during the 70s -- the politics of sex, marriage, labor, and communism ... Giannini's character tries to adjust to all the "progress," but keeps having run ins with the most powerful family, Tricorico, identified by the constellation of three moles on the right cheek. Really good fun here.
Brilliant genuinely funny classic.
THROW MYSELF INTO THE SHIT ! LOVED IT!
Funny and entertaining! 4 stars up!
Delightfully Wertmuller
Love the cinematography! Just beautiful and the direction, too!
This movie is pertinent even 40 years later....wonderful, integrates humor with the tragedies of life,
great, great
strange movie, interesting music
A solid Italian comedy. Wertmuller's character Mimi is the ultimate satire of what it means to be a Sicilian male and what honor means to Sicilians. I like the Italian title more though, I think it fits the film better: Mimí metallurgico ferito nell'onore (Mimi the Metalworker Wounded in Honor)