Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man

Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man
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Directed by	Bernardo Bertolucci
Produced by	Giovanni Bertolucci
Written by	Bernardo Bertolucci
Starring	Ugo Tognazzi Anouk Aimée
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Edited by	Gabriella Cristiani
Distributed by	Ladd Company, through Warner Bros. (USA)
Release dates	12 February 1982 (1982-02-12) (US)
Running time	116 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man (Italian: La tragedia di un uomo ridicolocode: it is deprecated ) is a 1981 Italian film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. It stars Anouk Aimée and Ugo Tognazzi, who was awarded the Best Male Actor Award at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival for his performance. In his review, Vincent Canby describes the film as, "Bernardo Bertolucci's very good, cerebrally tantalizing new film, Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man, the story of what may or may not be a terrorist kidnapping of the sort that has been making Italian headlines with increasing frequency in recent years."

Synopsis

In a small Italian village, Primo runs a cheese factory, but one morning he witnesses his son kidnapped by terrorists. As the film progresses, he has two problems: paying the ransom the terrorists demand and trying to save his factory which might face bankruptcy. What's a businessman like him to do?

Cast

• Ugo Tognazzi - Primo Spaggiari
• Anouk Aimée - Barbara Spaggiari
• Laura Morante - Laura
• Victor Cavallo - Adelfo
• Olimpia Carlisi - Chiromant
• Vittorio Caprioli - Marshal
• Renato Salvatori - Colonel
• Ricky Tognazzi - Giovanni Spaggiari
• Gianni Migliavacca
• Margherita Chiari - Maid
• Ennio Ferrari
• Gaetano Ferrari - Guard
• Franco Trevisi
• Pietro Longari Ponzoni
• Don Backy - Crossing Keeper

External links

• Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man at IMDb