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Good News (1979 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Good News' is a 1979 Italian satirical comedy film written and directed by Elio Petri and starring Giancarlo Giannini. It is the last film of Petri.
Plot
An anonymous official of a television company leads an ordinary life; going to work every day and coming home to his wife. However, his marriage is in crisis because he and his wife can no longer communicate with one another. One day, he is contacted by an old friend he hasn't seen for several years. His friend confides that he is being threatened by mysterious assassins. After a series of adventures, including an erotic interlude with his friend's wife, he receives an envelope from his friend with the words, "not to be opened" on a series of cards that repeat that same sentence over and over. At his friend's Jewish funeral, the protagonist's wife tells him that she is expecting his dead friend's child.
Cast
*Giancarlo Giannini as The Man
*ngela Molina as Fedora
*Paolo Bonacelli as Gualtiero Milano
*Aurore Clment as Ada
*Ombretta Colli as Tignetti
*Ritza Brown as Benedetta
*Franco Iavarone as Commissioner
*Ninetto Davoli as Trade Unionist
See also
* List of Italian films of 1979
References
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