The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics
1996 · 1h 41m · N/A
Comedy
Directed by
Lina Wertmüller
Overview
During the 1994 general elections, a mechanic with a firm belief in communism, fearing that his party is about to lose, journeys to a northern village to instigate. He isn't there long before he encounters a beautiful hairdresser, with whom their debate is fiery as is his growing and impossible-to-hide passion for her. Although she too is intrigued with him, their disparate ideologies threaten to keep them apart.
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