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.

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

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