Film

The Seduction of Mimi

1972 · 1h 53m · Comedy

He's been a husband, a lover, a cuckold and a Communist. Now he just wants to be free.

IMDb

7.3

Rotten Tomatoes

88%

Sicilian dockworker Mimi inadvertently becomes embroiled in an increasingly complicated array of personal conflicts. When he loses his job after voting against a Mafia kingpin in an allegedly secret election, Mimi leaves his wife to find new employment. He moves to Turin, where he engages in an affair with a Communist organiser. Soon, Mimi finds himself juggling two demanding relationships while plotting revenge against the corrupt forces that ruined his life.

Giancarlo Giannini

Carmelo Mardocheo / Mimí

Mariangela Melato

Fiorella Meneghini

Agostina Belli

Rosalia Capuzzo

Livia Giampalmo

Violetta, bancarellaia

Luigi Diberti

Pippino

Turi Ferro

Don Calogero / Vico Tricarico / Salvatore Tricarico

Elena Fiore

Amalia Finocchiaro

Tuccio Musumeci

Pasquale

Ignazio Pappalardo

Massaro 'Ntoni

Gianfranco Barra

Brigadiere Amilcare Finocchiaro

Andrea Maugeri

Sara Micalizzi

Giovanni Cori

Gianni Pulone

Claudio Trionfi

• Lina WertmüllerDirector · Story · Screenplay
• Romano CardarelliProducer
• Daniele SenatoreProducer
• Dario Di PalmaDirector of Photography
• Piero PiccioniOriginal Music Composer
• Franco FraticelliEditor

Release date

February 19, 1972

Status

Released

Original language

Italian

Runtime

1h 53m

Genres

Comedy

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