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The film brought me into the bustling street life of the Sicilian village by eye-level camera work and the comments of the people in crowded scenes, through which I was taken with the characters. I was also impressed with the film maker's story telling technique. Viva Tornatore! I found the film to be visually hypnotic and very moving. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Perhaps there's some truth that we are all driven from an area below the waist, but I'd like to think it's not true of all of us. My only criticism is the somewhat stereotypical way that the 'men' are portrayed. Monica Bellucci is undeniably among the sexiest women alive and her near wordless performance is mesmerising. It's also about Sicily during the war, but deeper than that, to me, it seems to be about the mob mind, jealousy and hatred and about how people tend to become what is expected of them, or don't. I say 'image' because he doesn't know her at all to begin with, but as he watches, her increasingly sad truth is seen through his eyes. LegionAvalon 28 November On the face of it, this movie is about a young boy's fantasies as he falls in love with the image of an older woman.

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