The Career of a Chambermaid

4.9 Telefoni bianchi

1976, 1 h 51 m

Comedy, Romance, Drama

Italian comedy

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.

The Career of a Chambermaid

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