Director's Cut?

It might have been cut to hell...but I think Asia Argentos gratuitous nudity was the only redeeming feature of this film, that and the django reinhardt songs on the soundtrack.

I agree that there should have been more on the Bruno and Paul story line. I felt that the Bruno character had so much more to offer than what was shown on screen. Jonathan Rhys Meyers plays Bruno with so much pain and vulnerability that I just wanted to take him in like a strayed puppy and cuddle him. Bruno obviously was a lost soul looking for the stability of family and home. That's why he loved Beatrice so much as she was like a big sister to him. Paul's character could've been the father figure, however, Bruno seems to constantly have to compromise himself sexually just to feel wanted and loved by an older male father figure. This explains why he erupts with such anger when he is being thrown out of the "family unit". His frustrations of never finding love is what makes him so volatile.

I noticed loads of differences between the trailer and the movie and submitted them all to IMDb for the "alternate version" section....but nothing ever came of it...definitely the film was chopped to bits...shame...