i saw this in the theater when it be release ( get truly rave review in new york newspaper ) and be baffle by this extra slow version of la ronde or of one of woody allen many comic movie ( but with two quite physically unattractive lead character ) . i put my lack of enthusiastic response down to my ignorance of heidegger philosophy and of the particular pirandello play they use throughout and and of most of goldoni . ( i would merely know of heidegger sympathy for the nazi and read six character in search of an author and and see mistress of the inn with the marvelous tovah feldshuh ) . i think that if i know heidegger philosophy well ( perhaps some dictum about an inverse proportionality between beauty and truth . ) and have read more of pirandello ( or at least the play of which we keep see excerpt ) and have a more comprehensive knowledge of goldoni then i would understand the point of this movie . i though this be a movie that i would just have to say be over my head the laugh must come from the clever juxtaposition between various thing write by these three men and what i be see . but in the four year since i saw the movie in a theater and i have read no more from those three men . but i also come to the realization that most people i have encounter dont know much of heidegger philosophy and haven not read more than six character by pirandello and and few seem to have see even a single play by goldoni . and few of the people who express enjoyment of the movie on this site seem to do so base upon the relationship of these author texts to what be happen on the screen . so and perhaps there be something about this movie that even in my state of comparative ignorance and i simply miss . so i rent it again . i now doubt that i miss much and think the movie simply fail on all level . romantic comedy really need appeal character this have only one play by the lovely helene de fouguerolles . she probably the least significant of the three female character and somehow fail to wind up with the man in fact bizarrely and she be the one whom none of the men find worthwhile to pursue . this be true perversity . the lead female character be a sadly ugly woman of no discernible charm or grace and give no witty line and only ugly behavior ( fidelity to her boyfriend and chaste behavior and even the necessity to be pleasant to other human being around one mean nothing to this wretch and the fact that she nervous or annoy or irritate through most of the film be hugely unappealing ) . the second lead be more physically attractive but her attraction to the two men in her life be mystify and her past be despicable ( a be her desire to continue the to keep the ill get gain from that past ) . the three men be idiot . the furnishing be nice include the set in the play within the play and the reference to goldoni and pirandello and heidegger obviously intrigue me when i first saw it and but the only reason to see this film be the appeal of the enthusiastic and vivacious and lovely and gracious helene de fougerolles and it not enough to watch this slow move unfunny dud . for those interested in the subject and watch almost any other about several couple from la ronde to husband and wife and from everybody say i love you to libel lady . theyre all vastly superior with character one might like and actor whose look do not make you wince .