''Good News'' ( it, Buone notizie) is a 1979 Italian satirical comedy film written and directed by Elio Petri and starring Giancarlo Giannini. It is the last film of Petri. In the film, a man is contacted by an old friend whose life is supposedly threatened by assassins. He has an erotic encounter with his friend's wife, shortly before the man's death. At the friend's funeral, the man learn's about the widow's pregnancy.

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An anonymous official of a television company leads an ordinary life; going to work every day and coming home to his wife. However, his marriage is in crisis because he and his wife can no longer communicate with one another. One day, he is contacted by an old friend he hasn't seen for several years. His friend confides that he is being threatened by mysterious assassins. After a series of adventures, including an erotic interlude with his friend's wife, he receives an envelope from his friend with the words, "not to be opened" on a series of cards that repeat that same sentence over and over. At his friend's Jewish funeral, the protagonist's wife tells him that she is expecting his dead friend's child.

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* Giancarlo Giannini as The Man * Ángela Molina as Fedora * Paolo Bonacelli as Gualtiero Milano *

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as Ada * Ombretta Colli as Tignetti *Ritza Brown as Benedetta *Franco Iavarone as Commissioner * Ninetto Davoli as Trade Unionist

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* 1979 black comedy films 1970s satirical films 1970s pregnancy films Italian satirical films Italian black comedy films Films directed by Elio Petri Films scored by Ennio Morricone 1979 films 1970s Italian films 1970s Italian-language films {{1970s-Italy-comedy-film-stub

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