Tragedy Of A Ridiculous Man

Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1981 film about a self-made cheese magnate (Ugo Tognazzi) in northern Italy whose son is apparently kidnapped by political terrorists. While his French wife (Anouk Aimee) tries to raise the money for the ransom, Tognazzi becomes friends with the two leftists (Laura Morante and Victor Cavallo) who have been sent to him as go-betweens. Perhaps the least known of Bertolucci’s features, it is far from the least interesting. In Italian with subtitles. 116 min. (JR)

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