Closed to the Light (2021)
In a moment captured in time, die-hard Italian fascists conduct reprisal executions of civilians in Lombardy during World War II.
Top billed cast
- Leone Frisa
- Savino Genovese
- Toni Pandolfo
- Ettore Scarpa
- Samuele Satta
- Cecilia Bossi
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