I Disagree... this is a Touching Movie

Rating: Null/10 (29 March 2003)

While there is a touch of Italian self-awareness in this film, parts of it move me even after several viewings.
The most moving part is at the end, when Pu-Yi meets the little boy and gives him the cricket cage. It seems we were viewing the ghost of Pu-Yi, reincarnated as the little cricket which lovingly climbs onto the boy's shoulder. I think it also touchingly summarizes the lost childhood of the Emperor.
Well, another great film is on now, "Shane," so I'll go see that. Working nights in a TV station has its benefits!
Dan