All Screwed Up
This Italian filmmaker, with her frank and uncomplicated view of Italian society, never ceased to use provocation, buffoonery, and the intertwining of tragedy and comedy to paint a vitriolic portrait of the human comedy. We present some new restorations that testify to his renowned and spectacular art of staging.
An anarchically outrageous comedy from Lina Wertmüller, All Screwed Up is ripe for rediscovery, an accomplishment as impressive as the classics she made before and after: Love and Anarchy (1973) and Swept Away (1974). It tells the story of Gigi (Luigi Diberti) and Carletto (Nino Bignamini), two Southern country boys who travel north to get work in Milan. Arriving with nothing but the clothes on their backs, they join the labor movement and live in a communal home with other migrant workers, including some combative love interests. Their dreams of wealth devolve into a series of slapstick adventures, from an uproarious attempt at petty crime to the daily indignities of life in a restaurant kitchen. A pointed satire that skewers the illusion of upward mobility, All Screwed Up is essential viewing for fans of Lina Wertmüller. With exuberant and biting performances from Diberti and Bignamini, it's a comedy whose laughs stick in your throat. (Kino Lorber)
Lina Wertmüller
Lina Wertmüller is an Italian screenwriter and film director. She gained prominence in the 1970s for her satirical films, including The Seduction of Mimi, Love and Anarchy, which earned Giancarlo Giannini the Best Actor Award at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, Swept Away, and Seven Beauties. The latest allowed Wertmüller to make cinema history by becoming the first woman to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Director. Following this success, she directed A Night Full of Rain, a Canadian-Italian production, and Blood Feud in 1978, before taking a hiatus from filmmaking. Wertmüller returned in 1983 with a comedy, followed by her only entirely dramatic work, Camorra, in 1986. Throughout her career, she continued to direct, occasionally working in television and creating films that combined humor with social commentary. In recognition of her lifetime achievements, she received an Academy Honorary Award in 2019.
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All Screwed Up by Lina Wertmüller
All Screwed Up by Lina Wertmüller
All Screwed Up by Lina Wertmüller
All Screwed Up by Lina Wertmüller
All Screwed Up by Lina Wertmüller
All Screwed Up by Lina Wertmüller
All Screwed Up by Lina Wertmüller
All Screwed Up by Lina Wertmüller
All Screwed Up by Lina Wertmüller
