The Death of Mario Ricci (1983)

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Country: France, Switzerland, West Germany
Genres: Drama
Release: 1985-09-27
Director: Claude Goretta
Writers: Claude Goretta , Georges Haldas
Language: French
Stars: Gian Maria Volontè , Magali Noël , Heinz Bennent , Mimsy Farmer , Jean-Michel Dupuis , Michel Robin , Lucas Belvaux , Claudio Caramaschi , Roger Jendly , Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
Runtime: 100 min
Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination
AKA: Täällä kuoli Mario Ricci (Finland) , La mort de Mario Ricci (Switzerland, Swiss Confederation) , Mario Ricci halála (Hungary) , La mort de Mario Ricci , A morte de Mario Ricci (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Śmierć Maria Ricciego (Poland) , La morte di Mario Ricci (Italy) , O thanatos tou Mario Ricci (Greece) , Mario Ricci'nin Ölümü (Turkey) , Der Tod des Mario Ricci , Смъртта на Марио Ричи (Bulgaria) , The Death of Mario Ricci (United Kingdom) , The Death of Mario Ricci (United States of America) , The Death of Mario Ricci
Plot: A TV journalist and his assistant come to interview a sociologist whose books deal with world hunger (and one may wonder what he is doing here in a rather cozy house whereas other people go out on the field,nursing ,helping ,teaching?).We are given a small lecture on that crucial problem. In parallel,we are told the tragic accident of an Italian laborer ,Mario Ricci,working on the Mont Blanc tunnel.A garage owner seems to be responsible for his death ,but in the hotel where the journalists are staying,another side of the story is slowly spreading. .
IMDB:tt0085963