I got gripped by this due to the beautiful cinematography and the brilliant acting. The scene where Felice washes his mother was poignant and so well done. Ending was abrupt and underwhelming but that may have been the intention of the Director. I was drawn in by it. Worth a watch.

Really a good movie..it starts calmly and sotlfy and it ends greatly..

Over long and overrated in my view. Starts slowly, has some nice scenes between a returning son and elderly mother but has the most telegraphed ending l have ever seen in a film. I lost all sympathy early on with the central character mainly because he was a complete idiot.

Visual love poem to Napoli, but the plot is weak

It's a cross section of the human lives, memories dissolved in miseries give birth to the bittersweet Nostalgia. A powerful beautiful tale about a man revisiting the memories he wanted to forget. Such clever sincere heartfelt performances by the cast the weight people carry on shoulders, the weight of guilt is animated well by Favino. Cinematography is excellent, great work in capturing the beauty of the Naples. It's a slow burn with subtle daramtic nature, the abrupt conclusion after the long anticipated pounce of the badman was an excellent way to draw the curtains. It's a well written critique on naivety driven by selfishness.

The city of Naples is just as much a character as those portrayed by the actors in the film. It's beautiful, ramshackle, dangerous and attractive all at once. The good versus evil story plays against this locale. The ‘good' is the now well-off businessman who returns to his home town after spending forty years abroad. He's now happily married to an Egyptian woman back in Cairo and he himself is now a Muslim. The ‘bad' is his his childhood friend who is now a major criminal in the city. I won't spoil the film by revealing what continues to link these two (by now) diverse characters together. The whole thing is beautifully shot and the acting is excellent. Unusually nowadays, the Catholic Church is portrayed in a positive light. The priest with whom the returned emigrant engages is a robust, morally true character who gives us hope that the corruption in the city can be resisted.