The Seduction of Mimi
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.
Mimi is a Sicilian laborer whose refusal to vote for the Mafia's candidate leads him to lose his job, his wife and his home. At rock bottom, he revives his spirits by falling in love with the beautiful, radical Fiorella, with whom he starts a new life as a reliable husband and father. But the past comes back to haunt him.
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.
