The Short Cut

IMDb link: 0100762
IMDb rating: 5.1 (1,138 votes)
Genres: Drama, War
Director: Nicolas Cage, Giuliano Montaldo, Ricky Tognazzi
Cast: Patrice-Flora Praxo, Gianluca Favilla and others

Release date: 27 Oct 1989
Release year: 1989
Runtime: 110 minutes
Country: Italy, France
Keywords: interracial rape, rape and murder, befriending one's enemy, ethiopian, female topless nudity, woman bathing nude in a river, truck trouble, villain as protagonist, italian oficer, italian occupation of ethiopia

Plot:

In 1936, when Ethiopia is being invaded by the Italian army, Lieutenant Silvestri sets off for the nearest camp hospital to take care of a toothache. En route he meets a young Ethiopian girl, which leads to a tragic course of events that devastates his entire life.

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