Nord Italian here.
The beginning is good with the introduction of the freaks and the movie throws us in the drama of the war.
CONS: The problems start with the evil dude: he can see in the future when he is on drugs and he draws it. Like an Heroes' Isaac Mendez, but dull. Because some master scenes he has seen never happen...
Two of the many "coincidences":
- Matilde found the right truck with Israel in
- The partigiani were in the right place, in the right moment for the last battle: but how they could have known that the train would stop there?
After too many sad/violent/death scenes there is a joke from one of our characters.
Matilde goes from "don't wanna hurt anyone!" to kill plenty nazis without regret. Also Cencio with the body covered full of bees is not very credible.
The absolutely no-sense story love between Cencio and Matilde.
It's too long
The characters are not so much developed and look kinda plain.