i saw this the week it opened four years ago and i really did not know what to expect being unfamiliar with sorrentino work at the time. he has created a very intriguing and ultimately moving account of an odd character and one for whom the phrase life is for living no longer applies. it outwitted me at every turn and i was constantly surprised by the story. i enjoyed the pacing very much and the way i was gradually given the pieces to work out what was happening. tony servillo is superb and as is magnani. it opens with a brilliantly stylish wide shot and concludes with a very moving image that takes the movie into sublime territory. i thought long afterwards about the main character and the position he was in and his final fate and i do not shake it for weeks. i recently bought the film and that final scene where he thinks about his friend gets me every time. i still have yet to talk to anyone who has seen this. it a shame that it did not reach a wider audience as if this is the direction of italian cinema it can only be a good thing. 
i saw this the week it opened four years ago and i really did not know what to expect being unfamiliar with sorrentino work at the time. he has created a very intriguing and ultimately moving account of an odd character and one for whom the phrase life is for living no longer applies. it outwitted me at every turn and i was constantly surprised by the story. i enjoyed the pacing very much and the way i was gradually given the pieces to work out what was happening. tony servillo is superb and as is magnani. it opens with a brilliantly stylish wide shot and concludes with a very moving image that takes the movie into sublime territory. i thought long afterwards about the main character and the position he was in and his final fate and i do not shake it for weeks. i recently bought the film and that final scene where he thinks about his friend gets me every time. i still have yet to talk to anyone who has seen this. it a shame that it did not reach a wider audience as if this is the direction of italian cinema it can only be a good thing. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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