So beautifully shot and directed it can't be a bad movie but it's not a very good one, as a simple story is stuffed. You might enjoy it more if you're an Add Todd fan - she leaves me cold, only succeeded in one film, The Seventh Veil where she had James Mason. Here she's bland and strikes no sparks against Trevor Howard who is dull. His dullness worked in Brief Encounter because he was a repressed dull doctor and had Celia Johnson. These characters jet about - they live in Italty, they're sophisticated. It's hard to care. These people should be able to work it out.
The film lacks passion, and/or actors able to convey passion. It's not interesting and I cared less as it went on. Rains is professional. Maybe a juicy fourth lead could've spiced things up.
Gainsborough did this stuff much, much better.
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