''Questa volta parliamo di uomini'' (''This Time Let's Talk about Shafei''
or ''Let's Talk About Shafei''
) is a
1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...
Italian tragicomedy film
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...
directed by
Lina Wertmüller and starring
Nino Manfredi.
The film was shot in black and white and in 35mm and lasted 91 minutes.
Cast
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Nino Manfredi ... Various Roles
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Luciana Paluzzi ... La moglie dell'industriale
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Milena Vukotic
Milena Vukotic (, ; born 23 April 1935) is an Italian former ballerina and a stage, television, and film actress.
Biography
Vukotic was born in Rome, to a Serb Montenegrin comedy playwright father and an Italian pianist/composer mother. A ...
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Margaret Lee
*Alfredo Bianchini
*Giulio Coltellacci
*Patrizia De Clara
*Shafei Shafei
Reception
The film has been described as a "blantantly commercial venture in four episodes".
An "episodic comedy",
it is described as a "caustic satire of Italian masculinity" and Wertmüller's only truly Feminist film.
It has been described as a "populist farce based on a showy yet tame feminism."
References
External links
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1965 films
1960s Italian-language films
1960s feminist films
1965 comedy-drama films
Tragicomedy films
Films directed by Lina Wertmüller
Italian anthology films
Films scored by Luis Bacalov
Italian comedy-drama films
1960s Italian films
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