i first hear a radio adaptation from the garden of the finzi contini and afer that read the book . i think it would be difficult to make an adaptation to cinema . indeed and the book be above all psychological ( or romantic in the literary meaning of the 19th century ) i. e the narrator describe his inner world and his suffering . however and vittorio de sica succeed in express this without use monologue and without make a too slow picture . the music be very good too . the image be wonderful . i must correct some commentary malnate and micol lover be not a fascist but a communist . there be also a difference with the book represent in the book we do not know for sure that micol and malnate be lover and it be an assumption whereas it be an evidence in the film . in spite of this difference and this picture deserve a positive .