The Seduction of Mimi

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The Seduction of Mimi

R

1972

1h 29m

Comedy

Drama

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Mimi (Giancarlo Giannini) is a Sicilian dockworker who 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 work. He moves to Turin, where he engages in an affair with a Communist organizer. Soon Mimi finds himself juggling two demanding relationships while plotting to take revenge against the corrupt forces that ruined his life.

Penelope Gilliatt

The New Yorker

A handsomely comic and political-minded farce that in Italy, where the characters live, has deadly-serious roots.

Mar 5, 2024

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Nora Sayre

New York Times

Sexual hypocrisies and political dilemmas rarely flow smoothly onto the screen. But Lina Wertmuller excels in conveying both, in The Seduction of Mimi.

Oct 19, 2020

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Rosalyn Drexler

Vogue

It is both funny and disgusting... perhaps cruel. Truth is not always exaggeration.

Rated: 2/4

Mar 8, 2024

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Marya E. Gates

Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)

If you’re a fan of Spike Lee, you can absolutely see how aspects of Wertmüller’s filmmaking have found their way into his.

Feb 13, 2024

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John Simon

Esquire Magazine

At this stage of her development, the director is good at unsentimental tragedy and uncomplaisant comedy, and has an admirable visual sense.

Jul 28, 2020

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Jacoba Atlas

Los Angeles Free Press

A disciple of Fellini, Ms. Wuitmueller is a supreme satirist.

Dec 11, 2019

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Audience Member

Great film with many layers. Enjoyed the humor most.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Audience Member

one of those films that feels like you watched 3 films in 1 setting . picaresque tale of a horny man. a man horny for the truth!! down with facism (this time in form of gangstas), up with woman's lib, A Classico!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Audience Member

one of those films that feels like you watched 3 films in 1 setting . picaresque tale of a horny man. a man horny for the truth!! down with facism (this time in form of gangstas), up with woman's lib, A Classico!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Audience Member

Vibrant use of colors, framing, background, and politics influence how we as an audience feels about every character in the film before we even get to know them. This amount of control over the audience is a drastic and well-accomplished feat that modern directors struggle with from project to project.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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paul p

Another classic from this team.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

A comical and satirical tryst! Delight in Wertmuller's trademark themes of politics and sex. This film adds the differences between Northern and Southern Italy and honor to the mix. The seduction is politically oriented, as you will see with the hilariously, ubiquitous presence of the Mafia. Sicilian concepts of a man and his honor is revealed in Mimi's relationship with his wife, his mistress, his wife's lover's wife, which all somehow become convoluted with politics. Wertmuller, Giannini, and Melato have not reached their heights, but all of the elements of their later masterworks are present in this film.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Lina Wertmüller

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Giancarlo Giannini

Mimì

Mariangela Melato

Fiore

Agostina Belli

Rosalia

Turi Ferro

Don Calogero

Elena Fiore

Amalia Finocchiaro

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Synopsis

Mimi (Giancarlo Giannini) is a Sicilian dockworker who 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 work. He moves to Turin, where he engages in an affair with a Communist organizer. Soon Mimi finds himself juggling two demanding relationships while plotting to take revenge against the corrupt forces that ruined his life.

Director: Lina Wertmüller
Screenwriter: Lina Wertmüller
Production Co: Euro International Film (EIA) S.p.A.
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: Italian
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2017
Runtime: 1h 29m