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Matteo Scuro is a retired Sicilian bureaucrat, a widower with five children, all of whom live on the mainland and hold responsible jobs. He decides to surprise each with a visit and finds none as he imagined.


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.

Ugo Tognazzi
Primo Spaggiari

Anouk Aimée
Barbara Spaggiari

Laura Morante
Laura

Victor Cavallo
Adelfo

Olimpia Carlisi
la chiromante Romola

Vittorio Caprioli
Maresciallo Angrisani

Renato Salvatori
Colonnello Macchi

Ricky Tognazzi
Giovanni Spaggiari, figlio di Primo
Margherita Chiari
la servante
Gaetano Ferrari
le garde
Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man is a drama film released in 1981. Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, it stars Ugo Tognazzi, Anouk Aimée, Laura Morante. 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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