"One of the major film talents of our day." - Vincent Canby, The New York Times

"A master of filmmaking." - Roger Ebert

During the 1970s, Lina Wertmuller emblazoned her name into the pantheon of Italian cinema with a series of intensely polemical, deeply controversial and wonderfully entertaining films. Among the most politically outspoken and iconoclastic members of the second generation of postwar directors, Wertmuller was also one of the first female directors to win international recognition and acclaim, becoming the first woman to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director in 1977.

Cast

Luigi Diberti
Lina Polito
Sara Rapisarda
Giuliana Calandra
Nino Bignamini

Crew

Cinematographer Giuseppe Rotunno
Writer Lina Wertmüller
Composed by Piero Piccioni
Produced by Romano Cardarelli
Directed by Lina Wertmüller

An anarchically outrageous comedy from Lina Wertmüller, ALL SCREWED UP is ripe for rediscovery, an accomplishment as impressive as the classics she made before and after: Love and Anarchy (1973) and Swept Away (1974).

Cast

Tunin Giancarlo Giannini
Tripolina Lina Polito
Salomè Mariangela Melato

Crew

Writer Lina Wertmüller
Composed by Nino Rota
Cinematographer Giuseppe Rotunno
Produced by Romano Cardarelli
Directed by Lina Wertmüller

An epic tragicomedy from director Lina Wertmuller (Seven Beauties), LOVE AND ANARCHY plumbs the depths of fascist Italy from the perspective of a simple farm boy sent to kill Mussolini.

Cast

Fiorella Mariangela Melato
Agostina Belli
Mimi Giancarlo Giannini

Crew

Directed by Lina Wertmüller
Composed by Piero Piccioni
Writer Lina Wertmüller
Cinematographer Dario Di Palma

A blistering satire of Italy in the 1970s, THE SEDUCTION OF MIMI takes aim at a corrupt government, compromised labor leaders and the Neanderthal sexual politics of men in power, with uproarious results.