The relevant sections of Henri Martineau’s Pléiade version of the Journal have been revised in the light of a rereading of the newly acquired manuscripts. I'm sure anybody can find a better way to spend his/her time instead of watching this movie.This is the first paperback edition of Stendhal’s Journal, and the first in nearly seven decades to have been able to draw directly on six notebooks - dramatically acquired in 2006 from the private collection of Pierre Berès for the Bibliothèque municipale de Grenoble - which cover a combined period of over three years between July 1805 and October 1814. Only good thing was the soundtrack, which i found of very good quality, unfortunately without any support from the acting side. Apart from this, the story has huge flaws, it's very static, stale and boring, dialogues are sheer banalities, passion is lacking and Stoppa's way of interpreting the part doesn't have absolutely anything to do with it. Overall, as some of these actors/actresses performed quite well in other movies, i have to deduce that Rossellini wasn't really capable to effectively direct them properly. paolo stoppa is absolutely unlikely in his part, the young carbonaro doesn't leave any sign of the passionate role he'is supposed to play, Sandra Milo does what she can but her looks are probably more memorable than the acting. The cast is not bad in itself, it's just totally out of context. I mean, it is ridiculously amazing how the story is uninformative, we have no specific time references, apart from some indirect dialogues in the movie, very very basic, should have been articulated a bit more. it is perhaps the most uninteresting movie i've ever saw, and i've seen quite a few. I couldn't watch this film for more than 1 hour. So i took a look at Vanina Vanini, even knowing that the later Rossellini showed a radical change from the earlier works, generally in a deteriorating way. I watched this movie as i found many Rossellini's works crucial for the history of Italian cinema, the likes of Paisa' or Roma Citta' Aperta, Germany year zero, those are well-known masterpieces.

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