{"id":234,"date":"2018-11-24T12:07:57","date_gmt":"2018-11-24T11:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpenway.com\/en\/?p=234"},"modified":"2026-02-08T15:05:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T14:05:36","slug":"cicciolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpenway.com\/en\/cicciolina\/","title":{"rendered":"La Cicciolina. Godmother of Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Germany\/France<\/strong> 2016 \u2013 54′<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The life of Ilona Staller, commonly known as Cicciolina, is probably unique with regard to her art as well as her person. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emigrating from communist Hungary, she followed the call of the “dolce vita” to Italy and found it a fertile environment for a life dedicated to scandal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When she started posing as a scantily dressed nymph in naughty photographs her career picked up speed and steadily propelled her into the realms of radio, TV, erotic films and pornography. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the first porn star in the history of democracy, Ilona Staller managed to be elected Member of Parliament and her unexpected victory guaranteed her worldwide attention. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her turbulent relationship with Jeff Koons, whose wife and muse she became, finally secured her iconic status in contemporary pop culture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on profoundly researched archive material and directed both with passion and a twinkle of irony, La Cicciolina. Godmother of Scandal<\/em> captures the phenomenon Ilona Staller in its multiple facets and places it in the wider context of Italy\u2019s political situation at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A film by Alessandro Melazzini<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Partner<\/h2>\n\n\n\n