The Seduction of Mimi (1972)
Original title: Mimì metallurgico ferito nell'onore
The Seduction of Mimi is a 1972 Italian-language comedy movie directed by Lina Wertmüller, with a running time of 1h 53m. It stars Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato and Agostina Belli.
Voting against the Mafia in what he thinks is a secret ballot costs Sicilian laborer Mimi his livelihood. He leaves his wife, flees to Turin and romances a Communist organizer, but he just can’t shake the Mafia. When they lure Mimi back to Sicily with a better job, he must keep his lover, and love child, under wraps. That’s when his wife announces she’s pregnant.
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Cast
- Giancarlo Giannini as Carmelo Mardocheo / Mimí
- Mariangela Melato as Fiorella Meneghini
- Agostina Belli as Rosalia Capuzzo
- Livia Giampalmo as Violetta, bancarellaia
- Luigi Diberti as Pippino
- Turi Ferro as Don Calogero / Vico Tricarico / Salvatore Tricarico
- Elena Fiore as Amalia Finocchiaro
- Tuccio Musumeci as Pasquale
- Ignazio Pappalardo as Massaro 'Ntoni
- Gianfranco Barra as Brigadiere Amilcare Finocchiaro
- Andrea Maugeri
- Sara Micalizzi