Edited sentence: But running through it all is the uncomfortable central question: if God is good and loves us all equally, why does life not reflect this.The film is a study of jealousy and the nature of genius, a superb recreation of Vienna in the late 18th Century at the birth of The Romantic period and an homage to the works of Mozart.Why is humble Salieri's music not gifted with one drop of genius while the vulgar, irreligious, free-wheeling Mozart's work radiates with absolute beauty and divine inspiration