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La Cicciolina: Godmother of Scandal

2017 · 54 min

A brisk, wry archival portrait that treats scandal as a career and politics as theatre, amusing but never lurid.

Directed by: Alessandro Melazzini
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Ilona Staller, Debora Attanasio, Filippo Ceccarelli

Overview: The personal and professional story of Ilona Staller, known as Cicciolina, is probably unique: she left communist Hungary and moved to Italy, where she found a fertile environment for a life dedicated to scandal.

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Directed by: Alessandro Melazzini
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Ilona Staller, Debora Attanasio, Filippo Ceccarelli

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cynicalstrength 2 of 3
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Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: celebrity
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sexuality
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Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
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Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Alessandro Melazzini
Written by: Alessandro Melazzini
Starring: Ilona Staller, Debora Attanasio, Filippo Ceccarelli, Luca Di Carlo, Elvire Duvelle-Charles, Ivo Stefano Germano, Marco Gregoretti, Ludwig Koons
Music: Luca Vasco
Cinematography: Alessandro Soetje
Runtime: 54 min
Country: France, Germany
Languages: German, Italian

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