I'm going to avoid the deepest spoilers, just try to describe the context, and cinematic proposal, which is quite dramatic. Basically, it is not an easy production to watch until the end, it is an absurdly sad story, full of tragedies, and told in an extremely dramatic way, approaching almost a soap opera.
I finished watching and was seriously in doubt whether I thought it was good or not. As I made it to the end, I can't say that it was bad, because when I don't like something, I usually stop watching before the end, but at the same time, it's hard to say that so much tragedy and sadness together is something good to watch. In addition to the horrors of the war itself, which are portrayed, the proposal is also to focus on personal and family suffering to the highest degree, with no room for a moment of joy or relaxation.
Despite being a movie, Netflix has made it available here in a miniseries format, divided into 3 episodes, each of which is an act of the movie. The first act is a little scattered and confusing, as it takes place over a long period of years (1939 to 1944) described in just under 1 hour of projection, which means that the periods shown are all very fast and poorly developed, at every 10 minutes of projection 1 or 2 years of history pass, leaving the plot a little confusing and not very elaborate. The second act is the highlight of the series, where the war really appears in all its cruelty and harshness, it's just extremely tragic. And the third act is where the soap opera comes at full power, with family dramas taking over the closing of the projection.
I rate it 6.5 out of 10, and would only recommend it to anyone in the mood for a watery war melodrama.
I finished watching and was seriously in doubt whether I thought it was good or not. As I made it to the end, I can't say that it was bad, because when I don't like something, I usually stop watching before the end, but at the same time, it's hard to say that so much tragedy and sadness together is something good to watch. In addition to the horrors of the war itself, which are portrayed, the proposal is also to focus on personal and family suffering to the highest degree, with no room for a moment of joy or relaxation.
Despite being a movie, Netflix has made it available here in a miniseries format, divided into 3 episodes, each of which is an act of the movie. The first act is a little scattered and confusing, as it takes place over a long period of years (1939 to 1944) described in just under 1 hour of projection, which means that the periods shown are all very fast and poorly developed, at every 10 minutes of projection 1 or 2 years of history pass, leaving the plot a little confusing and not very elaborate. The second act is the highlight of the series, where the war really appears in all its cruelty and harshness, it's just extremely tragic. And the third act is where the soap opera comes at full power, with family dramas taking over the closing of the projection.
I rate it 6.5 out of 10, and would only recommend it to anyone in the mood for a watery war melodrama.