Lina Wertmüller, the Italian film-maker who was the first woman to be nominated for the best director Oscar, has died aged 93 in Rome.
Seven Beauties, again featuring Giannini as an Italian mobster who ends up in a Nazi concentration camp, was released in 1975, and won a clutch of Oscar nominations: as well as best director, Wertmüller was nominated for best original screenplay and best foreign language film, and Giannini for best actor.
Wertmüller’s pioneering status was belatedly recognised, leading to the honorary Oscar to whose maleness she memorably objected.
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