Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man

Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man
Directed byBernardo Bertolucci
Written byBernardo Bertolucci
Produced byGiovanni Bertolucci
StarringUgo Tognazzi
Anouk Aimée
CinematographyCarlo Di Palma
Edited byGabriella Cristiani
Music byEnnio Morricone
Production
company
Fiction Cinematografica SpA
Distributed byPIC Distribuzione (Italy)
The Ladd Company
Warner Bros. (International)
Release date
  • 12 February 1982 (1982-02-12) (US)
Running time
116 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man (Italian: La tragedia di un uomo ridicolo) is a 1981 Italian film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. It stars Anouk Aimée and Ugo Tognazzi, who was awarded the Best Male Actor Award at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival for his performance. In his review, Vincent Canby describes the film as, "Bernardo Bertolucci's very good, cerebrally tantalizing new film, Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man, the story of what may or may not be a terrorist kidnapping of the sort that has been making Italian headlines with increasing frequency in recent years."