
11 Mar 1988

A Short Film About Killing
Jacek climbs into the taxi driven by Waldemar, tells him to drive to a remote location, then brutally strangles him, seemingly without motive.
An embittered penitentiary social worker receives an unwelcome blast from the past when the case file of his father, a convicted murderer who has been emotionally broken by prison life, lands on his desk.
Fabio
Sparti
Cristina
Emma
Brunetti
Lodi
Umberto Sparti
(as Beppe Lo Parco)
Saverio
Moglie di Saverio
Padre di Emma
Galluzzo
Medico carcere
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Jacek climbs into the taxi driven by Waldemar, tells him to drive to a remote location, then brutally strangles him, seemingly without motive.
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