The Seduction of Mimi
- Fri, May 29
- Sat, May 30
- Sun, May 31
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Director: Lina Wertmüller Run Time: 113 min. Release Year: 1972 Language: Italian
Starring: Agostina Belli, Giancarlo Giannini, Livia Giampalmo, Luigi Diberti, Mariangela Melato
He’s been a husband, a lover, a cuckold and a Communist. Now he just wants to be free.
The raucous sex comedy The Seduction of Mimi is coming to The Frida Cinema in a brand new 4K restoration!
The film, which brought international fame to director Lina Wertmuller (Swept Away), centers on sad sack Mimi, a Sicilian laborer whose refusal to vote for the Mafia’s candidate leads him to lose his job, his wife, and his home. At rock bottom, he revives his spirits by falling in love with the beautiful, radical Fiorella, with whom he starts a new life as a reliable husband and father. But the past comes back to haunt him, piling on comical complexities as all his energies surge into defending his honor, an obsession that has horrendous but hilarious consequences.
A blistering satire of Italy in the 1970s, The Seduction of Mimi takes aim at a corrupt government, compromised labor leaders and the Neanderthal sexual politics of men in power, with uproarious results.