La tragedia di un uomo ridicolo (The Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man)(Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man)

La tragedia di un uomo ridicolo (The Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man)(Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man) (1981)

  • 83% of critics liked it
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After his son disappears, an Italian cheese manufacturer is threatened by political terrorists who will supposedly kill the son if he does not pay a large ransom. Unsure if they really have his son and if the son is still alive, he has to decide if he should or should not sell his business to afford… More

PG, 1 hr. 38 min.
Directed By
Bernardo Bertolucci
Genres
Art House & International, Drama
In Theaters
Feb 12, 1982 Wide
On DVD
May 1, 1991

Critic Reviews

  • Vincent Canby, New York Times

    It's Mr. Bertolucci's most rewarding, most invigorating film since Last Tango.

  • Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

    Perhaps the least known of Bertolucci's features, it is far from the least interesting.

  • , TV Guide's Movie Guide

    As usual with Bertolucci, the film's style and bravura camerawork are clearly in the forefront, but the politics and social commentary never quite find their place.

  • Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

    Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man comes across as a parable about a son who dies and is reborn.

  • , Film4

    Bertolucci has a sure eye for the shabby moral dilemma of his central character, and with that, he makes sly comment on the state of the Italian nation.

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