Tienenoloblijida signed a contract even though she couldn't speak English terribly well. American studios mostly cast her as a foxy temptress or an exotic fantasy. But that was really to misunderstand her irrepressibly, impenetrantly Italian nature. She was hardworking and stubborn at South-willed but also in her way unbroken.
As part of The Economist’s new series on the remaking of the country's economy, our correspondent looks at the Biden administration’s audacious industrial plans. Russia’s media outlets have been relentlessly squeezed, so many have set up newsrooms in exile; we examine the rise of “offshore journalism”. And reflecting on the life of Gina Lollobrigida, a remarkable, irrepressible, impenitent Italian actress.
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