Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man

Name: Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Released: 1981
Duration: 116 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Ugo Tognazzi, Anouk Aimée, Laura Morante, Victor Cavallo, Olimpia Carlisi

1981 · 116 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 1,186 VOTES · DIR. Bernardo Bertolucci

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 963 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:23 TRAGEDY OF A RIDICULOUS MAN

00:07:29 What's going on?

00:14:09 You through?

00:19:21 No need to tell you why.

00:22:33 Laura from Pilastro!

00:25:36 He's blindfolded...

00:29:18 Armed robbery is what it is!

00:33:03 At 8:00.

00:37:27 The numerologist. You've heard me talk about her?

00:41:26 Wait outside.

00:43:55 A bankrupt cheese factory?

00:50:18 Morals come later.

00:54:35 He drank too much. He could die. We need a priest.

01:01:08 I knew you were a gentleman.

01:06:56 …asking for more money.

01:11:06 Signora, about your son…

01:16:26 Those of you who work here?

01:19:27 All the important people were there.

01:23:50 I want to know why we're helping Spaggiari steal a billion.

01:26:47 Besides, why am I doing it?

01:30:32 So that means Giovanni's dead.

01:33:47 Hide it? I'll throw it!

01:40:43 Or else they're sullen.

01:45:27 Pray, Reverend.

Cast & Characters

Ugo Tognazzi Primo Spaggiari Anouk Aimée Barbara Spaggiari Laura Morante Laura Victor Cavallo Adelfo Olimpia Carlisi Chiromant Ricky Tognazzi Giovanni Spaggiari Gianni Migliavacca Margherita Chiari Maid Ennio Ferrari Gaetano Ferrari Guard

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed963

Dialogue density8.3 lines / min

First line00:00:23

Final line01:45:27

Production Record

DirectorBernardo Bertolucci

LanguageItalian

IMDb votes1,186