i think it incredibly hard to write any kind of full scale review to giorgino and merely because it one of those viewer dependent and complex and poetical and philosophical movie that be brain wearing if and while watch them and youre try to enjoy their shell and get to their core simultaneously and yet there be several thing which be certain and beyond any doubt for any man of art ( which and i hope and i be ) . the first thing represent it a certain masterpiece and even of that kind of art which remain through a long long time while the second represent it one of those rare dark movie in which darkness be poetic and even romantic and attractive and much more sad than depress and like the art of pieter brueghel or caspar david friedrich . a to the core of the movie and someone call it kafkian and though i do not agree with that because actually it far beyond kafka misanthropic logic and much more like edgar poe parable represent dark and scary but through that touch the most gentle string of our soul . actually and on the poetic side ( which be much more important than the narrative ) and giorgino be a tale about eternal peace and love which can be achieve only through eternal childhood of soul . those who have such soul be usually brand a crazy by our society and but from another point of view and they all have the virtue all the others lose when become grown represent the virtue of god love . indeed and giorgino be a very christian movie and be like child ( mt 18 represent3 ) be it real hidden tag line and though the movie never deal with any kind of moral and concentrate only on the christian philosophy for and dare to suppose and true god be beyond any human moral . yet i think that boutonnat be too harsh portray grown people a a sort of demon try to steal childhood from rare survive soul and but it his point of view and he have a right to think so . while watch giorgino do not try to look for some hidden symbol ( though there be some ) and good look for thought express through character and their behavior and and do learn from them . also i can not mention that the movie look astonishingly through excellent photography and especially through rational use of color filter and incredibly apposite editing and wonderful acting of all the cast and and of course and due to the atmospheric beauty of winter mountain that remind me of the brueghel hunter in the snow . also and interestingly enough and the scene with death in the form of an old woman with sunken black ring eye rid a cart and instantly remind me of pesta ( plague ) from the series of drawing by the norwegian painter theodor kittelsen and depict how a black plague be sweep out the population of a small town in the mountain valley . be it a coincidence .