The Mattei Affair

Name: The Mattei Affair
Director: Francesco Rosi
Released: 1972
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Gian Maria Volontè, Luigi Squarzina, Peter Baldwin, Renato Romano, Franco Graziosi

1972 · 110 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 2,621 VOTES · DIR. Francesco Rosi

Overview

Enrico Mattei helped change Italy’s future, first as freedom-fighter against the Nazis, then as an investor in methane gas through a public company, A.G.I.P., and ultimately as the head of ENI, a state body formed for the development of oil resources. On October 27, 1962, he died when his private airplane crashed during a flight to Milan. Officially, it is declared an accident, but many journalists explore other plausible reasons for Mattei's untimely death.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,256 lines

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00:00:32 THE MATTEI AFFAIR

00:07:28 That's what the police think.

00:10:43 Where was this flash?

00:16:50 Mr. Mattei, this report is the result of studiesâ€¦

00:21:04 The methane myth is a Mussollini bluff.

00:28:04 Fantastic profits were made.

00:31:18 The investigationâ€¦it's been so long agoâ€¦

00:34:30 Where can we find a face like that?

00:39:01 Wouldn't it be better for three of us to build it?

00:44:03 Is it a crime not to take all the oil, like you?

00:47:28 â€¦and well-being of the community.

00:51:22 The question, please.

00:54:29 I'm not a kid, and I'll drive myself.

00:58:45 â€¦you would take Pignone.

01:02:28 â€¦so we can talk a few minutes.

01:07:37 So you tap American fields in Algeria!

01:11:12 It's like a hotel inside. You'll see.

01:16:04 Mossadegh nationalized Iranian oilâ€¦

01:20:07 Negotiations were draggingâ€¦ landownersâ€¦

01:27:11 â€¦when his helicopter landed.

01:31:53 Make him stay!

01:35:44 As usual, we've turned up something concreteâ€¦

01:40:01 WAS MATTEI MURDERED?

100:00:00 for AGIP?

Cast & Characters

Gian Maria Volontè Enrico Mattei Luigi Squarzina Journalist Peter Baldwin William McHale Renato Romano Journalist Franco Graziosi Minister Gianfranco Ombuen Methane Well Engineer Ferrai Elio Jotta Head of Inquiry Commission Edda Ferronao Mrs. Mattei Luciano Colitti Irnerio Bertuzzi Accursio Di Leo Sicilian Personaity

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,256

Dialogue density11.4 lines / min

First line00:00:32

Final line100:00:00

Production Record

DirectorFrancesco Rosi

LanguageItalian

IMDb votes2,621