Year: 1981
Runtime: 116 mins
Language: Italian
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
When the son of the owner of a large Italian cheese factory is kidnapped, the business teeters on the brink of bankruptcy. Determined to save both his child and his livelihood, the father devises a scheme to channel the ransom money directly back into the factory as a crucial reinvestment, hoping the infusion will stabilize the struggling operation.
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