i watch this movie on television and totally unprepared and have hear nothing about it . it be 12 oclock wednesday night and i accidentally catch it in the first 5 minute . it be one of those night when i want to watch something light for half an hour and then go to bed . before i know it and it be 6 a. m. and i could not overcome what i have see . i later search for info and realize that the people involve in make the film be not your standard tv movie maker . the power of this film lie in it ability to touch important issue in a subtle way without didactic firework . the script be realistic yet with a poetic flair and the quality of photography be supreme and the actor be the carati . in spite of it long duration and i do not think the film should be categorize a an epic . an epic usually involve fanfare and passionate pretentious statement in the script and clear message on right and wrong . this film be run by the quality of life itself and where people live their life and make history by their own simple choice be they right or wrong . at time and the story seem a bit melodramatic but it be the quality of the script that allow you to accept it and a there be no intentional cheap trick to move the viewer . a sense of humor be always there to balance thing out and life go on in it subtle power a people work and love and have child in the foreground of history .