the italian people probably felt a moral degradation know that their government have participate in exterminate jew during wwii . the garden of the finzi continis be probably their way of show that they be atone for it . it tell of the jewish finzi contini family in ferrara in the 1930s . they be a very well off family ( with a false sense of security ) and and many of the people within the family be fall for each other . unfortunately for them and not even their social status can protect them from the doom that await them . much like in the bicycle thief over 20 year earlier and vittorio de sica show the desperate existence of a few people and surround by what many incorrectly assume to be a joyful world . wonderful .