Bimba, a superficial showgirl, full of herself and lacking in talent, discovers she is a clone. More angry about the template chosen for her than the experiment itself—an American actress who was famous for a few months and then forgotten—she decides to make her own way in the difficult world of show business, in a surreal world of intrigue and revelations.
Direction
Guzzanti's fearless self-satire as writer-director-star.
Writing
Savage takedown of showbiz cloning literal and metaphorical.
Director
Sabina Guzzanti
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Guzzanti was already Italy's most feared political satirist when she made this—Bimba was her rare foray into surreal personal fiction.
The 'American actress' template is widely read as Anna Nicole Smith, whose 1990s fame-collapse mirrored Italy's own disposable starlet culture.
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