When La Riffa premiered at the in 1991, the reaction was polarized.
Facing total financial ruin and finding traditional employment elusive, Francesca follows the provocative advice of her lawyer friend, Cesare. She organizes a secret raffle where the ultimate prize is herself: the winner earns the right to live with her for four years in exchange for a massive sum of money. The participants are twenty wealthy men from her late husband’s social circle, highlighting a grim irony as those who once "befriended" her now bid to own her. Central Themes Economic Survival and Gender Roles fylm La Riffa 1991 mtrjm