Year of the Gun
In a city bathed in blood… who can you trust?
ActionThrillerRomancejournalistbased on novel or bookpoliticsitaly1970smistaken identityterrorismwriterurban settingnews reporterbrigate rosse (red brigades) terrorist group
A tense political thriller about an American caught in the crosshairs of 1970s Italian terrorism, driven by paranoia and mistaken identity rather than intimate character work.
American novelist David Raybourne accidentally becomes entangled in the Red Brigade's terrorist plan to kidnap Italian Premier Aldo Moro during a research trip to Rome. As the terrorists attempt to kill David, he and his photojournalist friend must struggle to stay alive.
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