T.o.o........s......l......o......w..."............toooooo L...O...N...G..

Rating: 2/10 (28 June 2017)

Found this film in the $5 video bin. I plan to throw the DVD away when it's done...YAWN...
Yes the film is still on...Cuckolded Husband is comforting his recently unfaithful wife...Husband had been out playing Santa to kids etc. while she and the Count did the deed.
Some beautiful settings...in what I have seen so far.The film has some beautiful cinematography. And a moody score which well captures the sadness of the dying Count..
There are..a few touching moments...like when the nurse's friend is killed when her car is blown up. This nurse earlier heard from a dying patient...that her man has just died in combat.
But the s...l...o...w progression of the 2 story lines alternates between the life of the healthy Count in pre war and..the slowly dying Count in.the late war..means (long d..r..u..m..r..o..l..l...). ............I nominate this film for "most likely to put most viewers to sleep" award.
What are the two story lines?...The Count (the Patient) before his wartime accident..is slowly getting involved with a married woman.
And in late WW2 the physically mutilated count gets his post accident care by the nurse..A few other characters interact with her and her dying patient...the count. Usually soft draggy dialogue by mildly distressed or amused characters.....
It goes on.
I cheated and read online summary during the film...as the film was losing me.
Back and forth the story alternates.slowly...with a few small bits of war and violence.,
In One scene...the Count and the married woman are preparing to sleep together...again...as Silent Night is sung in the background.
That's creepy.
Too much mood...too few tempo changes. Even in the war scenes (with just a few exceptions) the characters speak in s..l..o..w dialogue...
Just saw the ending...an hour too late.....Dreary adultery...and musings of sad or depressed people.
Yawn...