Sunday 25 October 2026 15:00
languages : sans paroles locations : Théâtre des Capucins
synopsis
Mimi, a Sicilian laborer, loses his job after refusing to vote for the Mafia’s candidate. Leaving his wife behind, he goes to the city and revives his spirits in the arms of the radical Fiorella, with whom he starts a new life as a reliable husband and father. But the past comes back to haunt him…
Sexual hypocrisies and political dilemmas rarely flow smoothly onto the screen. But Lina Wertmuller excels in conveying both in The Seduction of Mimi. Her films are deeply political, and her characters dwell in realms where politics cannot be escaped – whether in Mussolini's Italy or modern Sicily.
The New York TImes
It combines the wonderfully intriguing, albeit disorienting, albeit political nuances of Italian cinema with a sort of broad comedy that has at its center Giancarlo Giannini's Chaplinesque charm.
Cine-File.com
