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Bámbola

Country: Italy, Language: Italian, 95 mins

  • Director: Bigas Luna
  • Writer: Cesare Frugoni; Bigas Luna
  • Producer: Marco Poccioni; Marco Valsania

CGiii Comment

A comedy? No.

An exercise in bad taste and gnawing melodrama...expertly mishandled by Luna - a director who never fails to disappoint.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Her name is Mina, but she is called Bambola (doll). Upon the death of her mother, she and her homosexual brother, Flavio, open a pizzeria. A man named Ugo loans Bambola the money, but is then killed in a fight with another one of her boyfriends, Settimio. While visiting Settimio in jail, she meets a sadistic man named Furio, and they begin a relationship.

Cast & Characters

Valeria Marini as Mina 'Bambola';
Stefano Dionisi as Flavio;
Jorge Perugorria as Furio;
Manuel Bandera as Settimio;
Anita Ekberg as Mamma Greta;
Antonino Iuorio as Ugo;
Lilli Berquini as La Capretta;
Arsenio Luna;
Francesco Ghibli Lombardi;
Carlo Mendicini;
Bruna Bossi;
Luca Flauto