I was prompted to watch this movie by people that had watched it and told me I should not miss it.
When I read the credits and I learned that the movie was based in a book by Romain Gary I told myself nothing can go wrong. Well, I was wrong. The screen-play is terrible. It fails to provide any support for the story that develops in the film.
The movie is well filmed and well acted. What can you expect if Sophia Loren is on the movie!
Nice photography too. Unfortunately the screen-play is not up to the job and then it is difficult to sustain how the story develops. As a result nothing is credible. Too bad!
This is un update of my review. I was curious about what was missing in the movie. So I read the book by Romain Gary. Romain Gary's original story has nothing to do with this movie and it made plain clear to me why it fails to provide any support for the story that develops in the film. The movie not even present key scenes from the book. It is not easy, I recognize, to adapt a book that was written using a child language, because this is what the book does. But if you are willing to have an idea I recommend you to watch Madame Rosa. It is the original movie with Simone Signoret. You will see the difference. It is available on YouTube.
When I read the credits and I learned that the movie was based in a book by Romain Gary I told myself nothing can go wrong. Well, I was wrong. The screen-play is terrible. It fails to provide any support for the story that develops in the film.
The movie is well filmed and well acted. What can you expect if Sophia Loren is on the movie!
Nice photography too. Unfortunately the screen-play is not up to the job and then it is difficult to sustain how the story develops. As a result nothing is credible. Too bad!
This is un update of my review. I was curious about what was missing in the movie. So I read the book by Romain Gary. Romain Gary's original story has nothing to do with this movie and it made plain clear to me why it fails to provide any support for the story that develops in the film. The movie not even present key scenes from the book. It is not easy, I recognize, to adapt a book that was written using a child language, because this is what the book does. But if you are willing to have an idea I recommend you to watch Madame Rosa. It is the original movie with Simone Signoret. You will see the difference. It is available on YouTube.