Pasqualino Settebellezze / Seven Beauties (1975)
Comedy | Drama | War
The defense of honor, a strong value in Neapolitan society, and his effects on the life of everyman Pasquale Frafuso.
Starring: Giancarlo Giannini, Fernando Rey, Shirley Stoler, Elena Fiore
Director: Lina Wertmüller
The Seduction of Mimi / Mimì metallurgico ferito nell'onore (1972)
Comedy
Voting against the Mafia in what he thinks is a secret ballot costs Sicilian laborer Mimi his livelihood in Lina Wertmuller's dark comedy. 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.
Starring: Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Turi Ferro
Director: Lina Wertmüller
