this movie do more than any other italian film i have see to interest me in italy itself the people and the land and the culture . it also open my mind to the intelligence of the uneducated among u i love that guilia be so real and right n and so full of peasant superstition that in no way interfere with her ability to get it . i have begin to travel in italy and have see this film i be drive to see the south and visit the carlo levi house and museum . his painting see into the object and to me and like a quality black and white study which i find the most expressive medium . as soon a i see the face in the beginning of this film and i be draw in . i find the melancholy music somewhat sentimental ( like the music in truffaut film ) but a necessary comfort .