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Time to Kill (1990)

Time to Kill poster
Original title
Tempo di uccidere
Directed by
Giuliano Montaldo
Genre
drama film
Country
France, Italy
Runtime
1h 50m
Rated
16+
Rating
4.9 of 10 from 32 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

During the Italian invasion of Ethiopia in 1936, an Italian soldier commits a crime. He then becomes trapped in a moral and psychological crisis as he tries to escape his actions.

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What happens

Time to Kill (Italian: Tempo di uccidere) is a 1989 Italian historical drama film starring Nicolas Cage, and Italian actors Ricky Tognazzi and Giancarlo Giannini. It is directed by Giuliano Montaldo. The film is set in 1936, when Ethiopia was under Italian invasion, and was filmed in Zimbabwe. It is based on the novel with the same name written by Ennio Flaiano. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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