La Califfa (1970)
Genre: Drama
Duration: 112 minuten
Country:
France / Italy
Directed by: Alberto Bevilacqua
Stars: Romy Schneider, Ugo Tognazzi and Marina Berti
IMDb score:
5,7 (471)
Releasedate: 31 December 1970
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
La Califfa plot
Mira is a passionate woman who, in addition to being a passionate union leader, becomes the sweetheart of the local factory manager. The agreements about working conditions form the background of their romantic adventures.
Actors and actresses
La Califfa
Annibale Doberdò
Clementine Doberdò
Giampiero Doberdò figlio
Gazza
Il monsignore
Il principe industriale
L'industriale fallito
La fille de l'industriel en faillite
Le préfet de Police
Reviews & comments
Fransman
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- 3028 messages
- 2273 votes
You don't need to see this movie for the story. Refers to the labor unrest in Italy in the sixties and seventies. It starts with a strike, with Romy Schneider as strike leader. But the film doesn't even make it clear exactly what the strike is for. The strike leader has an affair with her boss, the director of the factory against whom there is a strike. Then there are quite a few side lines that are also not very clear. No, of course you watch this film for Romy Schneider, then at her best, and with little work in France. So she had to tackle everything, including this one, in which she could hardly use her acting talent and was outshone by 'old hand' Ugo Tognazzi. But oh, how beautiful she was...
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Bobbejaantje
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- 2310 messages
- 2096 votes
The social struggle between workers and employers is reduced here to the struggle/interaction between Romy Schneider (as the leader of the proletariat) and Ugo Tognazzi (as a factory director with working-class roots). In this respect, there's a lack of realism about what such a strike and negotiations between workers and employers actually entail. The union isn't even mentioned. We do see a more symbolic approach, however, with a beautiful, passionate working-class woman who shakes a settled factory director. This is underscored by Ennio Morricone's magnificent score.
The film ultimately has a cynical undertone and ending. When it becomes clear that Tognazzi's humanitarian efforts are not appreciated by his fellow industrialists, he is murdered, though it is not explicitly stated who ordered his murder. But it is obvious that it is an order from the elite. Anyone who does not fall in line with the elite must pay with their lives.
Oh yes, Romy Schneider is breathtakingly beautiful here.
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