a tiring three-hour journey

Rating: 9/10 (20 April 2009)

It's tiring and discouraging. What kind of message does this film try to convey? Greed always overcomes love? A man with so many flaws succeeded in business but never obtained the sense of happiness. He was despicable, but pathetic. He did not believe in God at all, completely realistic, and the desire to success deluges his mind. He deemed God to be superstition, and the priest sanctified God and pretended to be a sacred prophet; though they two look the opposite to each other from the viewpoint of religion or faith, actually they have the same belief in money, success. Jealousy, egoism, vanity, lubricity all these negative characteristics are controlled by self-discipline ; however, the protagonist- Daniel had no intention to manage them, instead, he surrendered himself to his aimless lust and gave in the prospect to love and contentment even though he had some affection to the orphaned boy. After almost 3 hours watching, the audience felt frustrated and brooded over the subject of this film- Is Greed more powerful?