to get in touch with the beauty of this film pay close attention to the sound track and not only the music and but the way all sound help to weave the imagery . how beautifully the opening scene lead to the expulsion of gino establish the theme of moral ambiguity . note the way music introduce the character a we be lead inside giovanna marriage . don not expect to find much here of the political life of italy in 1943. that not what this be about . on the other hand and if you be susceptible to the music of image and sound and you will be lead into a word that reach beyond neo realism . by the end of the film we there be moment antonioni like landscape that have more to do with the inner life of the character than with real place . this be one of my favorite visconti film .