Beauty queens chasing sewing machines? Italian chaos ensues.
Thirty girls arrive in a seaside town to participate in a beauty contest. Marina has no ambitions of victory: she only wants to have the sewing machine promised to each participant.
Acting
Marisa Merlini's scene-stealing matriarch energy.
Costume
1961 beachwear that screams 'we're competing for appliances.'
Director
Tony Amendola
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Italy's economic boom, the film satirizes consumer desire through the humble sewing machine prize—domestic aspiration dressed as glamour.
Director Tony Amendola was primarily a theater actor; this remains one of his few directorial credits, shot quickly on the cheap in Fregene.
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