Overview
A TV reporter and his assisstant go to a small Swiss village to do a programme with a reclusive scientist, an expert on world food shortages. During this time, an Italian immigrant worker is killed in a road crash and the reporter becomes involved in uncovering the truth about his death.
Director and cast
- Claude Goretta Director
- Gian Maria Volonté as Bernard Fontana
- Jean-Michel Dupuis as Didier Meylan
- Heinz Bennent as Henri Kremer
- Mimsy Farmer as Cathy Burns
- Lucas Belvaux as Stephane Coutaz
- Magali Noël as Solange
- Michel Robin as Fernand Blondel
- Michael Hinz as Otto Schmidhauser
- Claudio Caramaschi as Giuseppe Cardetti
- Roger Jendly as Francis
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