Mimí metallurgico ferito nell'onore (1972) is an Italian language

Cinema of Italy

The history of Italian cinema began just a few months after the Lumière brothers had patented their Cinematographe, when Pope Leo XIII was filmed for a few seconds in the act of blessing the camera.-Early years:...

 film

Film

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 directed

Film director

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 by Lina Wertmüller

Lina Wertmüller

Lina Wertmüller is an Italian film writer and director of aristocratic Swiss descent. In 1976, she became the first woman ever to be nominated for an Academy Award for Directing with the film Seven Beauties.-Biography:...

, starring Giancarlo Giannini

Giancarlo Giannini

Giancarlo Giannini is an Italian actor and dubber.Giannini was born La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. He studied at the Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica in Rome, and made his film debut in a small part in Fango sulla metropoli in 1965...

 and Mariangela Melato

Mariangela Melato

Mariangela Melato is an Italian actress.Melato was born in Milan and studied at the Milan Theatre Academy. A striking, blonde actress, she began her stage career in the early 1960s and rose to fame after delivering powerful performances for a number of notable Italian stage directors such as Dario...

. It was released in the United States

United States

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 as The Seduction of Mimi, although a literal translation of the title would be "Mimi the metalworker, wounded in honor". The film was entered into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival

1972 Cannes Film Festival

- Jury :*Joseph Losey *Bibi Andersson *Georges Auric *Erskine Caldwell *Mark Donskoi *Miloš Forman *Giorgio Papi *Jean Rochereau *Alain Tanner...

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Plot

Set in both Sicily and mainland Italy, the film follows the adventures of a man nicknamed Mimi, who is asked to rig a local election. Instead, he votes for a Communist representative. To get away from the Mafia, he leaves his wife and falls for and lives with a female political activist. Soon, other situations happen that leave Mimi questioning the life he has and what he will do next.

The screenplay was adapted, very loosely, for the 1977 film Which Way Is Up?

Which Way Is Up?

Which Way is Up? is a comedy film starring Richard Pryor. It was directed by Michael Schultz, and is a remake of the 1972 Italian film The Seduction of Mimi, which was written and directed by Lina Wertmuller....

starring Richard Pryor

Richard Pryor

Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor was an American stand-up comedian, actor, social critic, writer and MC. Pryor was known for uncompromising examinations of racism and topical contemporary issues, which employed colorful vulgarities, and profanity, as well as racial epithets...

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Cast

• Giancarlo Giannini
  Giancarlo Giannini
  Giancarlo Giannini is an Italian actor and dubber.Giannini was born La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. He studied at the Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica in Rome, and made his film debut in a small part in Fango sulla metropoli in 1965...
  
   - Carmelo Mardocheo / Mimí
• Mariangela Melato
  Mariangela Melato
  Mariangela Melato is an Italian actress.Melato was born in Milan and studied at the Milan Theatre Academy. A striking, blonde actress, she began her stage career in the early 1960s and rose to fame after delivering powerful performances for a number of notable Italian stage directors such as Dario...
  
   - Fiorella Meneghini
• Turi Ferro
  Turi Ferro
  Turi Ferro was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 33 films between 1962 and 1998.-Selected filmography:* Seven Times Seven * Scipio the African * The Seduction of Mimi...
  
   - Don Calogero / Vico Tricarico / Salvatore Tricarico
• Agostina Belli
  Agostina Belli
  Agostina Belli is an Italian film actress. She has appeared in over 50 films since 1968. She was born in Milan, Italy.-Selected filmography:* Bandits in Milan * The Seduction of Mimi * Revolver...
  
   - Rosalia Capuzzo in Mardocheo
• Luigi Diberti
  Luigi Diberti
  Luigi Diberti is an Italian actor. He has appeared in over 100 films and television shows since 1968. He starred in Magnificat, which was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:* Metello...
  
   - Pippino
• Elena Fiore - Amalia Finocchiaro
• Tuccio Musumeci - Pasquale
• Ignazio Pappalardo - Massaro 'Ntoni
• Gianfranco Barra
  Gianfranco Barra
  Gianfranco Barra is an Italian film actor. He has appeared in 81 films since 1968. He was born in Rome, Italy.-Selected filmography:* Avanti! * Dirty Weekend * Bread and Chocolate * Black Holiday...
  
   - Serg. Amilcare Finnocchiaro
• Livia Giampalmo - Violetta
• Rosaria Rapisarda
• Umberto Lentini
• Salvatore Savasta
• Ottorino Russo
• Giovanni Cori

Trivia

Giancarlo Giannini starred in three other films Wertmuller made during this period: Love and Anarchy

Love and Anarchy

Love and Anarchy is a 1973 film directed by Lina Wertmüller and starring Giancarlo Giannini and Mariangela Melato. The story, set in Fascist Italy before the outbreak of World War II, centers on Giannini's character, an anarchist who stays in a brothel while preparing to kill Benito Mussolini...

, Swept Away

Swept Away by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August

Swept Away is a 1974 Italian film written and directed by Lina Wertmüller...

and Seven Beauties

Seven Beauties

Pasqualino Settebellezze is a 1975 Italian language film written and directed by Lina Wertmüller and starring Giancarlo Giannini in the main role. Fernando Rey and Shirley Stoler are also featured...

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