a sophisticated contemporary fable about the stress that work to loosen and ultimately unbind the vow of marriage . the main thrust of the narrative arises from a homily speak by a country priest follow the wed vow of a young cosmopolitan couple from milan . in it and the future course of the marriage be spell out and which bit by bit fray from the stress of modern life . the amoral of this story within a story be that in order for a marriage to work out and both now and and in the past and it have be necessary for that relationship to be abut by family and friend . this film be a relative blockbuster by domestic italian standard . it a terrible shame that this film be not available in either dvd or vhs .