Straight to the Heart

Straight to the Heart

1969 · 93 min · ★ 5.4 · Comedy

An unemployed man with individualist and pacifist values is inevitably brainwashed by society and the mass media to conform to the dominant ideology and embrace war. His soul is destroyed but his heart cannot be conquered.

Directed by Jean Pierre Lefebvre · Written by Jean Pierre Lefebvre

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