An Italian proprietor of a squalid Djibouti bar collaborated in selling arms to Ethiopians fighting his own country's invasion but after finding his long lost son on the Fascist front he decides to choose patriotism over selfish profit..
Is it worth your time? Honestly, you should only watch this if you're into old-school Italian films or you just like seeing how movies used to handle guilt and patriotism back in the thirties. If you're looking for a fast-paced action flick, you're going to hate this. It’s slow, it’s dusty, and people talk a lot about ...
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"Is it worth your time? Honestly, you should only watch this if you're into old-school Italian films or you just like seeing how movies used to handle guilt and patriotism back in the thirties. If you're looking for a fast-paced action flick, you're going to hate this. It’s slow, it’s dusty, and people talk a lot about things that happened off-camera. But for someone who likes a character study that feels a bit grimy, it’s actually kind of interesting. It reminds me a bit of the atmosphere in Le ..."
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