One of the All time great movies -perhaps in a top20 category

Rating: 9/10 (10 July 2000)

The Characterisations are so moving,so genuine,that it is almost impossible to believe this is a ficticious story. The music score by Morricone deserves to be among his best... I would venture to suggest it is his best. if the criterion for a great film is to move an audience to the deepest emotion... to really care for "what happens next" then this film is a masterpiece of the genre. To even write about it,to visualise it in one's memory is an invitation to "goose bumps"!