The Blue Collar Worker And The Hairdresser in a Whirl of Sex And Politics
– This Italian political satire from filmmaker Lina Wertmuller will be most enjoyable for those well-g..
This Italian political satire from filmmaker Lina Wertmuller will be most enjoyable for those well-grounded in Italian politics. Covering the late March through April general elections of 1994 in which right-wing conservatives routed the incumbent leftists. This is particularly upsetting for Tunin, a mechanic with a firm belief in communism. Fearing that his party is about to lose, he journeys to a northern village to stir up trouble. He isn't there long before he is arguing with a beautiful hairdresser. Their debate is fiery as is his growing and impossible-to-disguise passion for her. She too is intrigued with him, but their disparate ideologies threaten to keep them apart.
10 Oct 1996
Italian
Lina Wertmüller
Leonardo Benvenuti (screenplay), Leonardo Benvenuti (story), Piero De Bernardi (screenplay), Piero De Bernardi (story), Lina Wertmüller (screenplay), Lina Wertmüller (story)
Tullio Solenghi, Gene Gnocchi, Veronica Pivetti, Cyrielle Clair
Dopo le elezioni del 1994 Tunin, di Rifondazione Comunista e con l'hobby delle auto d'epoca, si incontra o meglio si scontra durante una manifestazione con la leghista Rossella e nonostante le divergenze politiche ne viene fortemente attratto. Rossella scommette con la sua amica Anitina che riuscirà a farlo diventare leghista, a onore del "Senatur". Poi Tunin e il suo amico Zvanin vengono messi in cassa integrazione. Il loro tempo libero aumenta così a dismisura e con questo l'ossessione di Tunin per Rossella. Quindi le mogli di Tunin e Zvanin decidono di aprire un ristorante per tirare avanti...