California
Watch TrailerAt the end of the Civil War, a Union soldier is released from prison and travels with a fellow prisoner to Missouri where his travelling companion is shot and hung for horse stealing. California decides to take the dead companion's belongings to his family's ranch, where he falls in love with his friend's sister. But then the "ghosts" of the war return in an unexpected way haunting him again.
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📋 Film Details
| Year | 1977 |
| Country | Italy, Spain |
| Genre | Western |
| Director | Michele Lupo |
| Runtime | 98 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 5.9/10 (33 votes) |
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🎬 MovieFinder's Take
The film constructs its narrative on the contrast between the yearning for a peaceful life and the inescapable shadow of the past, relying on classic Western landscapes as a stage for internal drama. It explores how personal history is woven into the fabric of a postwar era.
What lingers after the viewing is a sense of melancholic tension, a portrait of a man for whom the war never truly ends, even amidst the vast, quiet plains. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Michele Lupo
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Watch alone in the evening dimness to absorb its melancholic weight and slow-burn tension.
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