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Orla Zuniga It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

Tyreece Hulme One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

BluDiMado From a technical point of view, it is not one of the greatest movies. It is a movie for nostalgic fable lovers. The actors are great, especially Alessandra Martines (just check out the last scene). And of course Romualdo, played by Kim Rossi Stuart has been every girl's fantasy for the last two decades. (!) Interesting, too, is that the actors are all from different countries. I would give the movie a 10/10 for the story/idea, 10/10 for the characters/development, 10/10 the actors, 10/10 for the scenery, 9/10 to director Lamberto Bava (it would be too much to say , that he's perfect too, just because I like his movies), 7/10 technology (it's the 90ies/small budget).

charmed_halliwells Never have I thought of writing a review which contains biased and partial opinions. Nevertheless, neither a typical review which scrutinizes the show's technical aspects namely the acting, directing and plot, nor one that appraises it from a literary point of view, would give you a comprehensive picture of what this show is truly about.Frankly, I've seen an array of movies with a much more poignant plot and entrancing acting but have never given any a 9 out of 10 rating. Perhaps it is the concoction of a simple but elegant plot, casual and unexaggerated acting, beautifully coordinated music, a not too original but not too cheesy storyline, and a touch of magic which makes Fantaghiro worthy of a nine out of ten rating.I believe if given a chance, all four installments (I don't particularly like the fifth) would make every child's day, arouse bittersweet memories in every teenager, and provide a perfect escapist fantasy for every adult who has long embedded in bitter reality.Fantaghiro is indeed an enchanted piece of art -- a true magical phenomenon.

oh_doroubo My most favorite is the first movie. Fantaghiro is truly my inspiration of my dream princess in my book.Although I prefer watching it in Italian but TV2 only had it in English. I want to buy the full movies but it is rare in Malaysia. Maybe I go to Italy and went through all their DVD stores.I watch this... when I was 7 or 8.... the TV2 made re-runs every year but it stop when I was about 10.. sad...The perks in the first movie is when Fantaghiro disguise as a man. My favorite part is at the swimming competition, when she wore a lot of clothes and made a desperate sigh. So cute.Although few awkward scene like, How come her hair grew long after she cut it? And how come the short hair style is the same through ALL the movies? And grew back LONG?!?!?!? She wear a wig or something??? After the first movie, the second movie seems nice but I don't like the puppet part and the White Witch actress had change.In the third movie, I don't like Tarabas much and Romualdo part in the movie only in a few minutes.What worst in the forth, THERE ARE NO ROMUALDO!!! My interest dull around Tarabas parts. Still hanging around with a married woman?? I accept if the producer gave him a love interest but Fantaghiro is Romualdo's!! I don't like much a lot of new characters as I prefer the old ones. As the movies grew, the lesser the original characters is.There's a lot of voice castings, re-scene and so on.But still, The Cave of The Golden Rose 1 is worth the full stars.

movie_director I'm from Milan and I saw the five episodes (in Italy Fantaghirò is divided in 5 movies) of this beautiful film at least ten times. It's so simple, but even so touching... It's a mix of romance and fantasy that only this director can make up! Great actors for great characters: if you want to see the most romantic-fantastic story ever played, well you MUST watch this creation!