Le ambiziose
Le ambiziose is a 1961 Italian film directed by Antonio Amendola.
Plot
The "Beauty of the Year" competition brings together thirty beautiful girls in a seaside town. As they prepare for the contest, each ambitious participant tries to win over the jury using various tactics, such as recommendations, threats, promises, and persuasive gestures. Marina, who joins at the last minute to replace another contestant, is motivated by a simple desire to win the sewing machine promised to all participants, regardless of the final rankings.Federici, a young and disillusioned journalist, is drawn to Marina's modesty. He develops a personal interest in her and tries to help her by resorting to some gentle blackmail. In the end, faced with the jury's disagreement, each determined to promote their favorites, the only way to avoid scandals is to declare the least recommended contestant as the winner. However, it's later revealed that even she had influential recommendations, including from a prominent politician. Marina, despite not winning the top spot, discovers love with Federici.
Cast
- Marisa Merlini as Letizia Proietti
- Memmo Carotenuto as the police marshall
- Ave Ninchi as Ines
- Raffaele Pisu as Nando Moriconi
- Aroldo Tieri as Goffredo Innamorati
- Tino Scotti as Commendator Bartolazzi
- Dominique Boschero as Vanda
- as Gina
- Arianne Ulmer as Bettina
- Gabriella Farinon as Marina
- Mario Valdemarin as Federici
- Tiberio Murgia as Brigadier Coccurullo
- Carlo Romano as the jury president
- as Rossana
- Raimondo Vianello as the actor