OVERRATED Right?
I just cant understand what so great about this film, looks so depressing...maybe you can tell me something that i dont know, i would like to know thanx.
"I Love the wind..when i die i going to be a part of it".. (Marlon Brando)
I haven't seen this film yet, but personally, I think both the quality of a film and the satisfaction I get from it, do not depend on the overall emotion it conveys. "Umberto D." is a sad but beautiful film, as is "Au Hasard Balthazar" (to name just two films similar to this one). Although I think there are limits, like extremely nihilistic films such as "Salo".
What hbrethouwer said, basically. (Come to think of it, the endings of those first two examples literally made me cry - it seems I'm moved by animal stories.) All the best films are depressing, rami_11, you kerrazy cat. The human condition is all about depression. </slight hyperbole>
That said, this is far from the bleakest thing you'll ever see. It's just people doing what they need to do in order to survive - with varying degrees of success. And because they're peasants living in a less technologically sophisticated era, the passing of the seasons, disease, religious dogma and unscrupulous landlords have a more profound influence than most of us would tolerate barely a century later. A much more heart-rending prospect than a million CGI apocalypses, no?
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I suppose on a clear day you can see the class struggle from here.