The Seduction of Mimi

The Seduction of Mimi

113 mins | Comedy | Feb. 19, 1972

Voting against the Mafia in what he thinks is a secret ballot costs Sicilian laborer Mimi his livelihood. He leaves his wife, flees to Turin and romances a Communist organizer - but he just can’t shake the Mafia. When they lure Mimi back to Sicily with a better job, he must keep his lover – and love child – under wraps. That’s when his wife announces she’s pregnant.

The Seduction of Mimi

113 mins | Comedy | Feb. 19, 1972

The Seduction of Mimi
Voting against the Mafia in what he thinks is a secret ballot costs Sicilian laborer Mimi his livelihood. He leaves his wife, flees to Turin and romances a Communist organizer - but he just can’t shake the Mafia. When they lure Mimi back to Sicily with a better job, he must keep his lover – and love child – under wraps. That’s when his wife announces she’s pregnant.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Euro International Film
Original title Mimì metallurgico ferito nell'onore
Directors Sergio Mazio, Gianni Siragusa, Gianni Arduini, Lina Wertmüller
Writers Lina Wertmüller

Cast

Giancarlo Giannini

as Carmelo Mardocheo / Mimí

Mariangela Melato

as Fiorella Meneghini

Agostina Belli

as Rosalia Capuzzo

Livia Giampalmo

as Violetta, bancarellaia

Luigi Diberti

as Pippino

Turi Ferro

as Don Calogero / Vico Tricarico / Salvatore Tricarico

Elena Fiore

as Amalia Finocchiaro

Tuccio Musumeci

as Pasquale

Ignazio Pappalardo

as Massaro 'Ntoni

Gianfranco Barra

as Brigadiere Amilcare Finocchiaro