The Seduction of Mimi(2026)

Name: The Seduction of Mimi
Director: Lina Wertmüller
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: Apr 24, 2026
Cast: Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Agostina Belli, Luigi Diberti

Kino Lorber

R
1h 48m
- Comedy
- Drama

Release Date: Apr 24, 2026

Forced to leave his family in Sicily, Mimí finds a job in a factory in Turin, where he gets involved in an extramarital affair.

Release Details

Original Release | Apr 24, 2026 | Limited

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Box Office Results

2026-08-30T11:14:53.730Z

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$8,682
Total US & Canada:
$26,897
Total Worldwide:
$26,897

Current Showtimes

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Director & Top Cast

Lina Wertmüller
Director

Giancarlo Giannini
Carmelo Mardocheo detto Mimí

Mariangela Melato
Fiorella Meneghini

Agostina Belli
Rosalia Capuzzo in Mardocheo

Luigi Diberti
Pippino

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: Mono

Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: Italy

Language: Italian

Summaries

Storyline

In Sicily, mine worker Carmelo "Mimí" Mardocheo votes in the Communist Party candidate instead of the Mafia's one, believing that the suffrage is secret. After the elections, he loses his job and cannot find another in his village that is controlled by the mobster Don Calogero. He leaves his wife Rosalia with his family and travels to Turin expecting to find a job. He finds an illegal position in the civil construction that is also explored by the Mafia, and when a co-worker dies in an accident, he finds that the mobsters have dumped his body on the road. However, he does not report the crime to the police and lies to mobster Salvatore Tricarico, saying that he belongs to the family of a powerful mobster. Mimi gets a metallurgic position and joins the Communist Party. Then he fall in love with virgin Trotskyite street vendor Fiorella Meneghini and they have a son. When Mimi witnesses mobster Vico Tricarico executing several men in a hotel, he survives but does not report to the police. He is transferred to Catania in a supervisory position against his will. He brings Fiore and their son to Sicily, but he is still married to Rosalia; claiming to be ill, he doesn't have sex with her. When he learns that she's pregnant, he find that he is a cuckold and plots to seduce and impregnate Amalia Finocchiaro, the wife of Rosalia's lover. Will his revenge work as planned? — Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil After voting against the powerful Mafia candidate in Sicily in what he thought was a secret ballot, impecunious Mimì finds himself with his back to the wall. Desperate and with no one to turn to, he abandons his wife Rosalia and relocates to the bustling city of Turin, only to fall for beautiful Trotskyist Fiore. One child later, as one thing leads to another, Mimì gradually realizes that he is not ready to accept the new social morals that prevail in the industrialized north, again catching the Mafia's attention. Political beliefs, loyalty, infidelity, and revenge become inextricably intertwined, and again Mimì is left with nothing, having no other choice but to return to Sicily. But can he keep his life in Turin secret? — Nick Riganas Mimi is a Sicilian dockworker who loses his job when he votes against the Mafia candidate in what he thinks is a secret ballot. He leaves his wife behind and goes to Turin, where he meets and moves in with Fiore, a street vendor and Communist organizer. They have a child, he works non-union jobs, and again he comes to the Mafia's attention. This time they're impressed, promoting him to a supervisor's job back in Sicily. He must keep Fiore and the child a secret, which is fine with Fiore, as long as he never makes love to his wife. He doesn't, and when she becomes pregnant, he knows he's a cuckold. His personal revenge and the Mafia's tentacles then intertwine in tragicomic ways. —

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Fun Facts

The Seduction of Mimi (1972) follows Sicilian laborer Mimi (Giancarlo Giannini), who loses his job after defying mafia election pressure by voting communist; fleeing to Turin, he starts over with fiery activist lover Fiorella (Mariangela Melato).