Let's Talk About Men (Questa volta parliamo di uomini) by Lina Wertmüller
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Let's Talk About Men
Questa volta parliamo di uomini
Award
Best Actor, Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists 1966
Director: Lina Wertmüller
Cast: Nino Manfredi, Luciana Paluzzi, Margaret Lee
Italy | 1965 | 92’ | In Italian with English subtitles | DCP | B&W
5/11 (Sat) - 4:15pm
A businessman with a kleptomaniac wife, a less-than-accurate knife-thrower, a self-proclaimed intelligent man and an ungrateful husband in a small town make up the four stories in Lina Wertmüller’s second feature film, an anthology comedy about misbehaving men and the poor women who put up with them. Aside from the common themes, all four stories star legendary actor Nino Manfredi in the lead roles.
Long before her career went into full swing in the 1970’s, Wertmüller had already begun playing with some of her favorite themes. With four hilariously outlandish and macabre stories about misogyny and masculinity, Let’s Talk About Men is often seen as Wertmüller’s response to Ettore Scola’s Let’s Talk About Women (1966), a nine-episode anthology film with problematic gender politics in its attitude towards women. Though the film was a roaring act of girl power at the time, it still features Wertmüller’s trademark cheeky humour on full display.
Co-Presenter: Hong Kong Arts Centre, Italian Cultural Institute Hong Kong & Macau
In collaboration with: Consulate General of Italy in Hong Kong
Associated programme: Italy-China Year of Culture and Tourism, Italia Mia
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