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The Leopard

1963

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Brett Alan Dewing
May 12, 2024
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The 1963 Italian period drama The Leopard did not at first look like the kind of film I would enjoy. This is a film that would easily attract cliché words like “epic”, “sumptuous”, “romantic”, and “lavish”. That sort of costume drama often leaves me cold. And, I admit that I wasn’t sure about The Leopard through half of its 3-hour runtime, but by the en…

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