Reminds me of Hemingway

it is really sad that very few people enjoyed this movie.
I've just watched it and was quite amazed.
The first scene in the post office was just outstanding, it got me right away.
The camera was quite different from what you see in usa normaly, perhaps RAI has something to do with it.
But the greatest thing about the movie were the characters. Some might say they were over acteing, I say they potrayed people at war.
It reminded me of For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Hemingway. I know the book is set in the spanish civil war instead of the italian ww2 campain, but the tone was quite similar in some ways.
They both deal with the partisan fight, prejudice, the dehumanizing face of war and even the incredible capacity some people have to resist the war impetus to transform us into monsters.
Very passionate, very human, very good!