Tina Lombardi is best known in Chinese-language fiction as a character in Sébastien Japrisot's 1991 novel 《
漫长的婚约》 (Un long dimanche de fiançailles, A Very Long Engagement, filmed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet in 2004 with Marion Cotillard) — Tina is the prostitute who avenges her executed soldier-lover. Lombardi (
隆巴迪 /
伦巴第) is one of the most recognizable Italian surnames, sharing its origin with the Lombardy region of northern Italy.