'Mimi the Metalworker, Wounded in Honor') is a 1972 Italian comedy drama film written and directed by Lina Wertmüller, starring Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Agostina Belli, Luigi Diberti, Elena Fiore, Tuccio Musumeci, Ignazio Pappalardo and Turi Ferro.

Mimi is a poor laborer who is pressured by his employers to vote for the mafia candidate in a local election.

When he discovers that his mafia bosses plan on dumping the body, Mimi tells him that his wife is the goddaughter of Liggio, a powerful mafioso.

Though he is supposed to be shot, Mimi nevertheless ends up with only a scratch and, when the police question him, refuses to divulge any answers.

Terrified that his wife will discover his second family, Mimi hides Fiore and their child, and pretends to always be too tired for sex.

Initially horrified, Amalia decides that the best way for the two of them to get back at their cheating spouses is to conceive a child together, leading to monthly visits between the two.

In desperate need of money, Mimi goes to work for the mafia, promoting the election of Vico Tricarico.

For this film, she had to abandon Pietro Garinei's and Alessandro Giovannini's popular musical show Alleluja brava gente, which led to a dispute with the producers.

[3] The Seduction of Mimi was the start of a successful relationship between Wertmüller, Melato and Giannini that continued with Love and Anarchy (1973) and Swept Away (1974).