THE SEDUCTION OF MIMI is a raucous sex comedy that brought international fame to director Lina Wertmuller (Swept Away). The Seduction of Mimi is not only a more tantalizing name than Mimi the Metal Worker, it’s actually a better description of the movie. IMDb R. Tomatoes. COMEDY; Mimì is a poor laborer who is pressured by his employers to vote for the mafia candidate in a local election. He leaves his wife, flees to Turin and romances a Communist organizer - … The Seduction of Mimi (1972) Plot. The Seduction of Mimi. Directed by Lina Wertmüller. Lina Wertmuller's fifth feature, The Seduction of Mimi, stars the director's favorite leading man, Giancarlo Giannini. Mimì is a poor laborer who is pressured by his employers to vote for the mafia candidate in a local election. However, he is fired and assured he will never work again, as the ballot was not secret. Voting against the Mafia in what he thinks is a secret ballot costs Sicilian laborer Mimi his livelihood. Frustrated by the system and assured that the ballot will be secret, Mimì votes for the communist representative, instead. Sicilian concepts of a man and his honor is revealed in Mimi's relationship with his wife, his mistress, his wife's lover's wife, which all somehow become convoluted with politics. With Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Agostina Belli, Luigi Diberti. The Seduction of Mimi Euro International Film Comedy. Mimi is set in Sicily, the location of much good Italian comedy. Not Yet Rated 2 hr Comedy. TMDb Score. 71. 120 min 7.1 1972 Italy Overview. Voting against the Mafia in what he thinks is a secret ballot costs Sicilian laborer Mimi his livelihood. Frustrated by the system and assured that the ballot will be secret, Mimì votes for the communist representative, instead. Showing all 4 items Jump to: Summaries (4) Summaries ... Mimi is a Sicilian dockworker who loses his job when he votes against the Mafia candidate in what he thinks is a secret ballot. Giancarlo Giannini (Love and Anarchy) gives a wonderfully comic performance as the 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. The Seduction of Mimi is the work of Lina Wertmuller, whose previous Love and Anarchy also investigated, albeit a little more sorrowfully, the exotic compulsions of physical and political passion. The Seduction of Mimi (Mimì metallurgico ferito nell’onore) Directed by Lina Wertmuller Written by Lina Wertmuller 1972/Italy IMDb page First viewing/Amazon Prime (free to members) Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Disgusted, Mimì flees to Turin, while his wife, Rosalia, stays in Sicily. The Seduction of Mimi. Mimí, forced to leave his family in Sicily, finds a job in a factory in Turin, where he gets involved in an extramarital affair. He leaves his wife behind and goes to Turin, where he meets and moves in with Fiore, a street vendor and Communist organizer. 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