Rob Rector

The Legionnaire (Il Legionario)

By Rob Rector | August 2021

LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL 2021 REVIEW! A sense of ever-increasing dread pervades every scene in Hleb Papou’s staggering debut, The Legionnaire (Il Legionario). Pulling from…

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