The Scent of the Night
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1h 39m
Directed by Claudio Caligari • Thriller • 1998• Italy • Italian with English subtitles
Starring Valerio Mastrandrea, Marco Giallini, Allesia Fugardi
"The Scent of the Night" is a provocative thriller in which a former policeman turns full-time criminal and goes on a downward spiral in 1990s Rome. Remo is a disgruntled cop who pads his income by raiding rich peoples' houses with a group of thugs. Because of his hatred for discipline, he is soon dismissed from the force, while continuing his criminal escapades full time…until he gets arrested.
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