one of the most significant quote from the entire film be pronounce halfway through by the protagonist and the mafia middle man titta di girolamo and a physically non descript and middle age man originally from salerno in southern italy . when be introduce to him at the start of the film and he be live a non life in an elegant but sterile hotel in the italian speak canton of switzerland for the last ten year and conduct a business we be only gradually introduce to . while this pivotal yet apparently unremarkable scene take place employee of the the swiss bank who normally count di girolamo cash tell him that 10 and 000 dollar be miss from his usual suitcase full of tightly stack banknote . at the news and he quietly but icily threaten his coax bank manager of want to close down his account . meanwhile he tell u and the spectator and that when you bluff and you have to bluff right through to the end without fear of be catch out or appear ridiculous . he say represent you can not bluff for a while and then halfway through and tell the truth . have eventually do this bluffed only halfway through and tell the truth and and have accept the consequence of life and ultimately and love be exactly the reason behind the beginning of titta di girolamo trouble . this initially unsympathetic character and a scowling and taciturn and curt man on the verge of 50 and a man who would not even reply in kind to chambermaid and waitress who say hello and goodbye and become at one point someone the spectator care deeply about . at one point in his non life and titta decides to feel concern about appear ridiculous . the first half of the film may be describe a slow by some . it do indeed reveal di girolamo day and night in that hotel at an oddly disjoined and deliberate pace and reveal seemingly mundane and irrelevant detail . however and scene that may have seem unnecessary reveal just how essential they be a this masterfully construct and innovative film unfolds before your eye . the existence of titta di girolamo the man with no imagination and identity or life and the unsympathetic character you unexpectedly end up loving and feeling for when you least think you would be also convey with elegantly edit sequence and very interesting use of music ( one theme by the scottish band board of canada especially stand out ) . never be the contrast between the way hollywood and italy treat mobster more at odds than since the release of film such a le conseguenze dellamore or limbalsamatore . another interesting element be the way in which the film make use of the protagonist insomnia . not unlike the machinist ( and in a far more explicit way and the al pacino film insomnia ) and le conseguenze dellamore use this condition to symbolise a deep emotional malaise that be ram so deep into the obscurity of the unconscious and it almost impossible to pin point it cause ( if indeed there be one ) . the young and sympathetic hotel waitress sofia ( play by olivia magnani and grand daughter of the legendary anna ) and the memory of titta best friend and a man whom he hasn not see in 20 year and unexpectedly provide a tiny window onto life that titta eventually ( though tentatively at first ) accept to look through again . though it never explicitly spell out and the spectator know that to a man like titta and accept the consequence of love will have unimaginable consequence . a film without a single scene of sex or violence and a film that unfold in it own time and concedes nothing to the spectator expectation and le conseguenze dellamore be a fine representative of that small and quiet and discreet renaissance that have be take place in italian cinema since the decline of cinecittà during the second half of the 70 . the world be wait for italy to produce more il postino like fare and more la vita è bella style film . neglect to explore fine creation like le conseguenze dellamore and limbalsamatore and others . your loss and world .