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Once Upon a Time in America

1984 · Crime · Sergio Leone · 3h 47m

A Jewish gangster returns to New York after thirty-five years away, and the film moves between three periods of his life. Very long, and it does not signal the jumps.

  • Strongly heavy
  • Strongly realistic
  • Clearly complicated

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