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Time to Kill

Original title: Tempo di uccidere

“An innocent man just went over the edge of reason.”

1989 · 1 h 50 min
Directed by Giuliano Montaldo · Italy · Italian Neorealism and After
DramaWar

Cast

Nicolas Cage Ricky Tognazzi Patrice-Flora Praxo Gianluca Favilla Georges Claisse Robert Liensol

Credits

Written by: Furio Scarpelli

Plot

During the invasion of Ethiopia, an Italian officer falls for a local woman, and war and guilt take over.

Sinekatalog’s take

Giuliano Montaldo's Italian drama, Tempo di uccidere, from Ennio Flaiano's novel, with Nicolas Cage and Gian Maria Volonté, is slow, grave and strange.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 5.0 / 10 (1,174 votes)
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