The Mattei Affair

This is the enigma and the mystery surrounding Enrico Mattei. It is a mosaic which surrounds a narrative film...not chronological but emotional. It ranges from the world-war to post-war period to now, from Milan to Russia from North Africa to Iran, from Monte Carlos to Sciily where Mattei spent the last day of his life, promising the most-underdevelopment area of Italy the hope of work and well-being. Mattei, 'the oil czar," "the white Communist," "the emperor of the Republic," "the man of disorder" will attempt to explain himself and his motivating force. The film is open-ended, as open-ended as the history of economic and social progress in Ital, as the history of the third world, the capital, oil revolutions and wars.