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Word: spaggiari (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1982-1982
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...reality, jumps from chamber drama to outsize farce, switches seasons with the speed of a flipped calendar. The plot is simple and scary enough: the son of a Parmesan factory owner (Ugo Tognazzi) agonizes through a search for his son, kidnaped by terrorists of the left. Primo Spaggiari's industry and instinct have made him a millionaire. But as time drags on, and Primo realizes that meeting the ransom demand will mean closing his factory, he begins to believe that everyone around him - his son's girlfriend (the darkly sensual Laura Morante), a radical worker-priest (Victor Cavallo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Politics of Melodrama | 2/15/1982 | See Source »

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