The Mattei Affair
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| The Mattei Affair (Il Caso Mattei) |
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| Directed by | Francesco Rosi |
| Produced by | Franco Cristaldi |
| Written by | Tito Di Stefano Tonino Guerra |
| Starring | Gian Maria Volontè Luigi Squarzina Gianfranco Ombuen |
| Music by | Piero Piccioni |
| Cinematography | Pasqualino De Santis |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) |  May, 1972 (premiere at Cannes) 20 May 1973 (NYC only) |
| Running time | 116 min. |
| Language | Italian |
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The Mattei Affair (Italian: Il Caso Mattei) is a 1972 film directed by Francesco Rosi. It depicts the life and mysterious death of Enrico Mattei, an Italian businessman who in the aftermath of WW2 managed to avoid the sale of the nascent Italian oil and hydrocarbon industry to US companies and developed them in the Eni, a state-owned oil company which rivaled the seven sisters for oil and gas deals in northern african and middle eastern countries.
The film shared the Grand Prix with The Working Class Goes to Heaven at the Cannes Film Festival in 1972. Italian star Gian Maria Volonté was the leading actor in both films.
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| Preceded by The Go-Between |
Grand Prix, Cannes Film Festival 1972 tied with The Working Class Goes to Heaven |
Succeeded by The Hireling tied with Scarecrow |
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