Watch: Salvo 2013 123movies, Full Movie Online – Salvo is a body guard and hit man for a mafioso. After foiling an attack on his employer, Salvo hunts down the man who organised it and encounters the man’s blind sister. She causes Salvo to question himself and his existence..
Plot: Salvo, a ruthless Sicilian Mafia hit man, changes his priorities after being involved in a bloody ambush.
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Noir Like Never Before
Now here is a slow moving movie with heart offering a distinctly creative turn in the noire genre. It’s also a risk taker in that it may be a tough sell to believe a ruthless tough guy could develop a “soft side” and likewise that a victim could turn to love same said ruthless tough guy. It’s a movie that requires a bit of thought to connect the dots and see whether you are convinced that the filmmaker succeeded in this ambitious and complex endeavor. While I admit I’m have some doubts about that, especially the victim turned lover side, it was an enjoyable watch in large part because one is led along by suspense that never culminates in the traditional way. Very much worth a watch unless you are expecting “traditional” mafia movie treatment.
Art House Cinema Meets Action/Gangster Genre (slight spoilers)
Salvo is an enforcer and hit-man for a local mafioso known simply as ‘Boss’. Following an attempt to ambush and murder Boss, Salvo hunts down the perpetrator, a local criminal rival, and kills him. Unfortunately the perpetrator, Renato, has a sight-impaired sister, Rita, who witnesses her brother’s death. Rather than kill Rita Salvo takes her hostage and hides her in a disused quarry, which is the burial site for Boss’s multiple victims.What follows is a slow and intense process by which we see Salvo, an inscrutable individual of few words, redeem himself. His redemption is accompanied by Rita regaining her sight, in a way that is not made clear and felt unsatisfactory to me. Nonetheless there was sufficient integrity in the film that I accepted this change, which feeds the theme of redemption.
The film is without incidental music/soundtrack and has lots of long shots with abstract visuals, especially where the intent is to recreate the world as Rita perceives it. This was very well done. The colour palette is mostly blue/grey/black with bursts of white. All these choices create a brooding and reflective mood. They evoke well how Salvo and Rita might feel in their situations and predicaments. There are moments of quiet humour too though these serve to underline the intense concentration of the film rather than disrupt it.
Led by Saleh Bakri the minimal cast were superb. The actress who plays Rita was most effective as a blind/sight-impaired character. The scene where Bakri as Salvo does a reconnoitre of Renato’s house while simultaneously avoiding and stalking Rita was superb. Rita’s slow realisation that she is not alone in the house and in danger was so well conveyed by the actress, Sara Serraiocco. This was my favourite scene closely followed by the final one, about which I will say no more.
The plot suggests one type of film but in actuality it is an independent art house product. Insular and focused on character development where mood and lighting are more prevalent than words and as significant. It is slow, detailed and demands a type of attention from the viewer not required by most action films.
Original Language it
Runtime 1 hr 50 min (110 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Crime, Drama, Romance
Director Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza
Writer Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza
Actors Saleh Bakri, Luigi Lo Cascio, Sara Serraiocco
Country Italy, France
Awards 8 wins & 18 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix Dolby
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Aaton Penelope
Laboratory N/A
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Techniscope
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic), D-Cinema