Good News
1979, Italian. Directed by Elio Petri.
A disaffected media executive spends his days watching violent programming on the television screens in his office and his evenings neglecting his frustrated wife at home. The monotonicity is disturbed when he is contacted by an old friend who confides in him he is being threatened by mysterious assassins.
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Italian
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- Released
- 24 November 1979
- Original title
- Buone notizie
- Country
- Italy
- Written by
- Elio Petri
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Good News runs 102 minutes (1h 42m).
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Good News isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 24 November 1979. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like Good News?
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Who directed Good News?
Good News (1979) was directed by Elio Petri and stars Giancarlo Giannini, Ángela Molina, Aurore Clément.