Masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (29 July 2004)

When I first saw this movie in Cannes film festival, I knew it would get the golden palm, Roland Joffe had already proven his mastery with his excellent "Killing Fields", but this time, he really reached a state of grace. The acting of Irons and De Niro is OUTSTANDING, the photography is gorgeous, the plot is extremely interesting and profound, I give it an absolute 10, I've seen many movies in my life, and it has never reached such a level of passion and enlightenment. As a conductor, I have also to point out the importance of the soundtrack, how many times I've seen a movie ruined by a poor musical background! But nothing like that here, Morriconne signed one of his best inspired scores. Some people talk about historic inaccuracy, I strongly disagree and I suspect this comment to come from religious zealots; ethnological studies of Claude Levi-Strauss, George Dumezil or Marcel Mauss have mentioned similar historical cases...