A good entertainment based on a nice romance

Rating: 7/10 (12 July 2014)

This movie is another romance with the background of World War II. But instead of being caged up in a single location, the story sets back and forth nicely between the past in Northern African desert, and the present story perspective of Italy. Though based on a not so exemplary premise of unfaithfulness the romance stirs up well enough, with the help of the alternating story flow. The mood is very nicely kept to a minimum tension. Despite being based on World War II, and having many opportunities which can have the mood rise up, the movie manages to keep out to a minimum by imploring anti-climaxes here and there. On the acting side, this movie presents us with one of the great works by Ralph Fiennes. Juliet Binoche, Willem Dafoe and Colin Firth also bring out high quality acting on their respective parts. This is truly a nice entertainment worth a watch for me.