i saw this the week it open four year ago and i really do not know what to expect be unfamiliar with sorrentino work at the time . he have create a very intriguing and ultimately move account of an odd character and one for whom the phrase life be for live no long applies . it outwit me at every turn and i be constantly surprise by the story . i enjoy the pace very much and the way i be gradually give the piece to work out what be happen . tony servillo be superb and a be magnani . it open with a brilliantly stylish wide shot and conclude with a very moving image that take the movie into sublime territory . i think long afterwards about the main character and the position he be in and his final fate and i do not shake it for week . i recently buy the film and that final scene where he think about his friend get me every time . i still have yet to talk to anyone who have see this . it a shame that it do not reach a wider audience a if this be the direction of italian cinema it can only be a good thing .