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Post #1490549

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Vultural
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A few reviews . . (film or TV)
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Date created
26-Jun-2022, 12:16 PM

The Bandit - 1946 - 6/10
AKA - Il Bandito

Ernesto, returning home at the end of World War II finds his home of Torino in ruins.
His mother is dead, sister missing. Jobs are scarce, and housing … good luck.
First act of is a grim Noir, subgenre Rubble Noir.
The narrative swerves into glossy, nightclub gangster mode, barely delving into that world.
Final act shifts back into Noir, with a fatalistic, if puzzling conclusion
Amedeo Nazzari, as Ernesto, could have played Errol Flynn in a biopic (though Flynn was very much alive and active at this time).