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As Seneca said "errare humanum est, perseverare diabolicum" (!). I you don't believe that a director could commit the same error, nor to persist into destroying his Masterwork, then see this movie. The result? 14 viewers in the avant premiere a Perugia (a cinema with 1000 posts). What a pity!

The first time I saw this film I was happy (I came to the cinema with Adela, and we were interested -the reason doesn't matter- in being terrified) and plenty of curiosity. It happened in a little Italian city: Perugia. The experience was absolutely forgettable. In Italy all the films must be translated and edited. But nowadays, in Lima (Peru') at last, I have watched the film (in a cable channel session) one more time, in its original version and language. What a different experience!. Those strange sounds, the shouts... that atmosphere of desperation; all these elements have contributed to make a very convinced film. It really was one of the scariest films I've ever seen.

Ah, Miss Julia Roberts!. What a marvelous performance! She did all the film. Although the fact of her condition of "superstar" (those lines are not less appropriate about Hugh Grant) she achieves to involve the spectators. We believe in her. And not also, one more time a movie give us a gift (usually forgotten): the strange hope that remains after the sight of a dream coming true. Many of my friend suggest me to see this film. I did it at last, and I'm in debt with them.