A zombie hitman with a hot suitcase and colder blood. Italian neo-noir doesn't play nice.
A three-billion-lire hit. A bloody hold-up. A sole survivor. Hunted down by fate and ruthless gangsters, Leo Piazza finds himself with a "hot" suitcase on his hands. Forced to go into hiding, time is running out. The killers want him dead so they can retrieve the loot and the showdown draws near... A nocturnal and silent anti-hero, Piazza moves like a zombie, like the living dead.
Cinematography
Nocturnal urban dread in every frame
Acting
Magri's zombie-walk performance haunts
Direction
Campanini's patient, punishing rhythm
Director
Francesco Campanini
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Italy's 2000s 'Nuovo Noir' movement, rejecting Hollywood pacing for existential dread.
Director Campanini never made another feature; this remains his solitary statement.
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