Italian film
There is no denying that “Kidnapped”‘s warning about political authority abusing religion for its own accumulative ends resonates powerfully at this moment.
The first American release of a 1961 Italian comic treasure that spoofs corruption in postwar Italy.
Terraferma is well-meaning, properly on the side of human rights, but also schematic and thematically heavy-handed.
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