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Salvo
Salvo
6.9
/10
558 Ratings

SALVO

Directed by Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza
Italy, France, 2013
Drama, Crime, Romance

Synopsis

A hitman for the Sicilian Mafia, Salvo is solitary and ruthless. When he sneaks into a house to eliminate a man, he discovers Rita, a young blind girl who powerlessly stands by while her brother is assassinated. As he spares her life, their lives become inextricably linked.

Synopsis

A hitman for the Sicilian Mafia, Salvo is solitary and ruthless. When he sneaks into a house to eliminate a man, he discovers Rita, a young blind girl who powerlessly stands by while her brother is assassinated. As he spares her life, their lives become inextricably linked.

Our take

A surprising revision of overdone hitman thrillers, this genre-bending Italian film was a deserving winner of the Critics’ Week—and the filmmakers are back on the Croisette this year! Salvo’s premise beautifully taps into the poetry behind films from Chaplin’s City Lights to John Woo’s The Killer.