The Career of a Chambermaid

(1976)

★ 5.1 IMDb · 25 votes

Genres: Comedy, Romance, Drama

Year: 1976

Runtime: 111 мин

Country: Italy

Director: Dino Risi

Cast: Agostina Belli, Cochi Ponzoni, Maurizio Arena, William Berger, Lino Toffolo, Vittorio Gassman, Ugo Tognazzi, Paolo Baroni, Renato Pozzetto, Alvaro Vitali

Plot

This slight skewering of the mindset of the Fascist era when Italy’s “White Telephone” films (conservative minded sophisticated comedy-dramas revolving around the bourgeoisie) were in vogue gives Agostina Belli her best role – an ambitious Venetian girl that goes from chambermaid to prostitute to singer to film-star to mistress of ‘Il Duce’! – for which she received a special David Di Donatello award, the Italian equivalent of the Oscar.