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-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.
Lina Wertmüller
Director
Casts & Crew
Tullio Solenghi
Tunin Gavazzi
Veronica Pivetti
Rossella Giacometti
Piera Degli Esposti
Palmina
Cinzia Leone
Anitina
Gene Gnocchi
Zvanin
Also Directed by Lina Wertmüller
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