it be arguably the most boring film i have ever see in my life . boring and pretentious . european cinema at it bad represent no plot and no nothing . i wonder how the director start film have such an empty script . the stilted monologue of the portuguese woman who explain thing to her daughter make you feel uncomfortable and simply because you know most of the thing and and do not really want to know the rest . the whole first part of the film sound like a bad documentary from an educational channel represent we could have read a guide book and instead . if you want to watch a good film with an educational background and find a copy of sophie world represent this be a great film . in the second half and catherine deneuve and irene papa and stefania sandrelly excel in a small talk and and so do john malkovitch while they wouldn not stop for age . you begin to anticipate some kind of deus ex machina and and here it duly come in the form of a bomb . the talk picture isn not even bad and it be awful . avoid .