Review of I ragazzi della via Pál

I agree with those who say this film is unworthy to the original novel. Everybody who found "Il Ragazzi della via Pál" good should read the book of Ferenc Molnar or watch the 1969 US interpretation of it (The Boys of Pal Street) which was quiet faithful to the book. I found it utterly disturbing how the parents of Boka or Nemecsek were portrayed (Boka's father as as alcohol-addict and Nemecsek's mother cheating on his husband) while there's absolutely no basis of that in the book! Janó in "Il Ragazzi" is totally out of the original character too. I have no problem with films changing the original story of a book on that the film is based on IF that makes the film better. But it's not the case here - on the contrary! These added stories only weaken the original message of the story. And BTW, I found the casting and the acting lame too compared to the 1969 American version.