I had been waiting for this movie ever since I first heard about a year or two ago.

I know people’s first response is 6 hours!!! but I have to say this movie touched my heart in ways I cannot articulate. To watch a film that follows the length and breadth of a whole lifetime makes you step back and to borrow a phrase put on a wider lens.

To second what viridiana said, I am now a big fan of Ravel as well.

There’s a scene in this film involving Giulia where she sits by a piano that her mother has given her and the camera pans over to her beautiful hands as she starts to play. It’s then that we hear a scrumptious piano piece by none other than Maurice Ravel. This delighted me endlessly and I sort of know why. In any event, it’s the second film that I’ve seen recently that references his work. Now it also references Bach and Mozart, but their music is much too popular in film for me to keep track of.

It’s a good film, but I’m glad I waited for the dvd. And I’m sorry but Matteo is hot, even if he is messed up. They always are!