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Plot

The Death of Mario Ricci is a Swiss/French/West German coproduction, filmed on location in Switzerland. Gian-Maria Volonte stars as a TV newscaster who journeys to a remote alpine village to interview a famed malnutrition expert. Upon his arrival, Volonte learns that there's an ongoing investigation in the village concerning the mysterious death of an Italian immigrant. Inexorably, the journalist becomes involved in the investigation, and with equal inexorability the chain of evidence leads to the malnutritionist. The Death of Mario Ricci is consistently lovely to look at, though dramatically it's as hollow-centered as a piece of Swiss chocolate.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Crime and Mystery,Drama,Thriller
Run Time:
97min.
Director(s):
Claude Goretta
Starring:
Gian Maria Volontè , Jean-Michel Dupuis , Heinz Bennent , Mimsy Farmer , Magali Noël
Themes:
Amateur Sleuths,Murder Investigations
Tone:
Tense
Keywords:
France,accident,car,death,evidence,expert,farming,handicap,hunger [food],immigrant,interview,investigation,investigator,journalism,killing,life,motorcycle,murder,reporter,romance,scientist,television,tourist,town,traveling,village,visit,waiter/waitress,woman,worker,youth
Language:
French