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Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Sicilian dockworker Mimi 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 employment. He moves to Turin, where he engages in an affair with a Communist organiser. Soon, Mimi finds himself juggling two demanding relationships while plotting revenge against the corrupt forces that ruined his life.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
123 audience votes
Key crew
- Lina WertmüllerDirector
- Lina WertmüllerScreenplay
- Piero PiccioniOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Giancarlo GianniniCarmelo Mardocheo / Mimí
- Mariangela MelatoFiorella Meneghini
- Agostina BelliRosalia Capuzzo
- Livia GiampalmoVioletta, bancarellaia
- Luigi DibertiPippino
- Turi FerroDon Calogero / Vico Tricarico / Salvatore Tricarico
- Elena FioreAmalia Finocchiaro
- Tuccio MusumeciPasquale
- Ignazio PappalardoMassaro 'Ntoni
- Gianfranco BarraBrigadiere Amilcare Finocchiaro
- Andrea MaugeriCast
- Sara MicalizziCast