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Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man
ITALY · 1981

Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man

Bernardo Bertolucci
kidnapping family business financial crisis moral corruption class struggle
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Synopsis

The son of the owner of a large Italian cheese factory is kidnapped, but as the factory is on the verge of bankruptcy the owner hatches a plan to use the ransom money as reinvestment in the factory.

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