In Sicily, the mine worker Carmelo “Mimi” Mardocheo votes in the Communist Party candidate instead of in the Mafia’s one believing that the suffrage is secret. After the elections, he loses his job and cannot find any other job 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. An Italian comedy classic from Lina Wertmüller, the first female nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director and the upcoming receiver of the Academy’s Honorary Award this year.
1972 Cannes Film Festival: In Competition
1972 David di Donatello Awards: Best Actor
1972 International Rights Holder and World Sales: Minerva Pictures
