La fine è nota (1992)
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Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Carlo Cecchi, Valérie Kaprisky, Mariangela Melato, Massimo Wertmüller, Daria Nicolodi, Valeria Moriconi
After witnessing a stranger’s suicide, lawyer Bernardo Manni investigates why the man had sought his help before an imminent terrorism trial.
The story
Lawyer Bernardo Manni witnesses a stranger’s suicide on his way home from work. His distraught wife, Maria, tells him the man had come seeking legal defense for an imminent terrorism trial. Though the man’s past is known, Bernardo is determined to uncover the truth and begins investigating on his own.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
The well-known lawyer Bernardo Manni, returning from work, witnesses a stranger’s suicide: the man dies after throwing himself from a window of his elegant Roman apartment. At home, his wife Maria is distraught. She tells him that the man had come to see him, seeking legal defense in an imminent trial in which he was accused of terrorism. The man’s past is known, but determined to uncover the truth, the lawyer begins investigating on his own. From then on, he travels to Turin, where the man had lived, and eventually to remote parts of Sardinia, the suicide victim’s region of origin. Past and present become increasingly intertwined, leading up to the surprising final scenes.
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