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People never cease to amaze me. There are 29 quasi-unanimously negative comments about this movie. Many all-time masterpieces have only 3 to 5 comments posted on this site. If this is such a forgettable trashy TV movie (which it may be to many), why waste so much time criticizing mediocrity? Why bother after wasting almost 2 hours of your life? Why watch the movie at all? I saw it recently because it was the best option on late night Cable TV (HBO or Cinemax). When I read the synopsis which the channel superimposes on the TV image, I knew I was in for a B, no C or D movie. I was however surprised that Nastassja Kinski was in it. Sadly, she also had nothing better to do at the time. Well, at least she got paid for the experience.

And as for me, I got what I expected: a 5 over 10 rated movie.I dis-considered the title and exploitative subject matter in this rating. I mean, who of these 29 bored "users" expected CITIZEN KANE or the ultimate crusade film against sex addiction? A campy old Joan Collins-style flick is what came to mind, and that's what I got.

Actually, it's entertaining, and it does make a statement for the problem of sex addiction, although it is really so low grade, it's hard to take the film seriously, and not as a funny parody with tongue in cheek humor. But for a late night flick, it's not bad, it's easy to follow .... it's entertainment.

Actually, I think I may change my vote to a 7. Considering the genre, it's above average. Besides Joan Collins dramas, trashy classics like SHOWGIRLS came to mind as I was watching this. Sin in suburbia - the whole idea is boring and banal. How can a movie or book make this material a timeless classic? Wake up people! Are IMDb users really so terminally bored?

This is not a bad movie (considering it a made for TV movie). It's a family drama to be enjoyed on Cable TV late night, as I did. The well known cast is excellent, the views of Rome and Naples are gorgeous, and the dramatic plot, while nothing new, is in the "good to very good" category for European TV movies we see on Cable (currently playing on Cinemax - Latin America).

I think the reason the IMDb rating is so low is that Italians are fed up with this type of formulaic drama. If they aren't they should be. I don't live in Italy but the Italian films we see here in cinemas, DVD, and on Cable (Eurochannel, Cinemax, HBO, RAI) all seem so similar. Some actors, like Stefania Sandrelli, in this film, seem to appear in every other film. The dysfunctional family, illness, and mental health are also ubiquitous, as themes. One confuses all these films in one's minds sometimes, when recalling a specific recent Italian movie. Nevertheless, it may be worth your while to check it out when and if it's on CABLE TV in your area.

This is a documentary that will appeal to, and indeed be understood by, a very small group of people - those versed in Brazilian political history. Others will find it hard to connect the multiple interviews this film consists of, and of following the political references and people/personalities involved.

If you follow Brazilian political history, however, this documentary may be for you. It does not reveal anything new, nor does it shine new light on past events. It simply is a study of "integralismo" from its beginning to its end, suggesting that its end was at least somewhat absorbed by the Military Government of 1964-1985.

It would seem the film maker wants to document for posterity the history and soul of "integralismo" - a 1930s right-wing Brazilian political movement with at least some touches of German National Socialism and Italian Fascism. The picture focuses on the movement's principal mentor, Plínio Salgado - THE SOLDIER OF GOD, thus the title name.

Some witnesses (including those now deceased ones using archive footage) recount what they helped to establish, fight for, and put in place. Others are shown, some who always condemned the movement, judged and criticized it, along with those who were students at the time. This right wing nationalist movement mobilized about a million people, having 500 thousand members, and was the first right wing party of the masses in Brazil. Interesting, but to a very limited group of viewers.