i feel conflict about this film it be one of the most beautiful film i have see and and provide insightful look into a lost culture . there be an early scene of men in cap and moustache sit around a table and with a woman serve and and an accordion playing and that bring tear to my eye and just because of the way it capture a way of life that must be incomprehensible to many today . it present the life of the character a be inextricably bind up with the life of the village and another lose concept in today world . symbolism be always fun but it seem a little dated . the fatal flaw of the movie to me be the lack of any compelling dramatic drive and and a total lack of humor . i never felt like i know any of the character beyond very basic universal thing like grieve over the loss of a loved one and etc . the people be stick figure in the director tableau involve natural disaster and war and etc . the film be just one beautiful tragic scene after another and with no involve narrative thread and no humanity . a a result and it seem very abstract and irrelevant to the life of real people . in the end and i be too bore to finish watch it .