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Directed by Giorgio Pastina
Written by
Starring Elsa Merlini
Cinematography Domenico Scala
Edited by Eraldo Da Roma
Music by Alessandro Cicognini
Release date
November 3, 1951 (Italy)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Cameriera bella presenza offresi... (English: Housemaid) is a 1951 Italian film directed by Giorgio Pastina. Federico Fellini was one of its scriptwriters. The film marked the comeback of Elsa Merlini after a nine years hiatus. [1]

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Plot

Misadventures of the maid Maria through several employers. Maria, a beautiful but no longer very young waitress, waiting to steal her boyfriend Filiberto who has been postponing the wedding for fifteen years, during a torrid summer constantly changes employers through newspaper ads, finding herself involved in various misadventures.

She initially works with a lawyer, but is fired when the latter, having learned that he has been betrayed by his wife, accuses her of being complicit in her deception. Then hired by a famous prose actor, she manages to reconcile him with her wife, jealous of an actress whose husband has fallen in love.

On the day of August 15, she finds a job with a traveling salesman who is bedridden by an illness, but the apartment is turned upside down by several untimely visitors. She finally takes up service with a math teacher who practices yoga and dabbles in occultism.

During a séance, she learns that her fiancé's uncle has died. The wedding can thus finally be celebrated, despite the fact that before the ceremony it is known that the uncle's inheritance has belonged to the faithful guardian of the villa. [2]

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References

  1. Tullio Kezich. Federico: Fellini, la vita e i film. Feltrinelli Editore, 2002. ISBN   880749020X.
  2. "Cameriera bella presenza offresi..." Cinematografo (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2022-05-02. Retrieved 2022-05-02.