The Goodbye Kiss
Leftist radical-turned-terrorist Giorgio—who fled to Latin America in the '70s to escape justice—decides to surrender after hearing about the fall of the Berlin Wall. Determined to lead a comfortable, bourgeois life in his native Italy, he cuts a deal with a shady police chief, getting his sentence reduced in exchange for ratting out former comrades. Once released, Giorgio obsessively pursues his dream of becoming a "respectable" citizen, even if the way is paved with larceny, pimping, drug-dealing, rape, heist, and murder...
A grim, character-driven descent into moral decay. It feels like watching a man's desperate, violent attempt to outrun his past, only to find it catching up in the most brutal ways. A bleak, unflinching look at the cost of a compromised life.
