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Premiering at the Locarno Film Festival, the film has been praised for its lean, 80-minute narrative and its refusal to simplify its fallible characters. Critics from Film Threat and ICS highlight the powerful chemistry between Gentile and Bousso as they navigate this impossible moral maze.

The Legionnaire is a haunting "cinematic prose poem" that asks what happens when you are forced to choose between the life you’ve made and the people who made you. It’s a timely, essential watch for anyone interested in high-stakes social dramas. Director: Hleb Papou Runtime: 82 minutes Language: Italian (English subtitles available) The.Legionnaire.2021.PL.WEB-DL.XviD-K83.avi

A tough, often xenophobic unit where he faces subtle racial comments and must prove his loyalty to his fellow officers. Premiering at the Locarno Film Festival, the film

While it features the tension of a social realist thriller, the film focuses on Daniel's internal war. He is caught between: It’s a timely, essential watch for anyone interested

The story follows Daniel (played by Germano Gentile ), the only African-Italian officer in Rome’s elite riot police unit. Daniel has built a stable life with a loving, pregnant wife, but his serenity is shattered when his unit is ordered to evict 150 families from an illegally occupied apartment building.

Available on streaming platforms like Prime Video and Film Movement Plus. The Legionnaire (2021) - IMDb

The twist? One of those families is his own. Inside the building are his mother and his idealistic younger brother, Patrick ( Maurizio Bousso ), who leads the resistance against the eviction.