Im afraid of watching a 6 hour film to find it not good.

Watch it for one hour and see if you want to stop it.

I understood this movie was meant to be a series but was later turned into a movie. That may explain the long time. For me the movie was too short when it ended.

I agree with the previous posts...watch for just 1 hour...you will be hooked! Think of it as an amazing HBO mini-series, but better! I saw it several years ago at Denver's film festival. I loved it so much that I bought several copies of the DVD when it became available...one for myself and the others I sent to friends and family. You will want to see more of these characters after the last scene ends.

Seeing Alessio Boni for a few hours is good enough for me! XD

Roger Ebert once said that there's no such thing as a good film that's too long, or a bad film that's too short.

It's all about the content. It's why TV series are so popular. It allows so much more time to develop and grow characters, without having to rush anything. Although of course it's not quite as slow as a TV series and doesn't have any filler or side plots to take up air time, but the long duration naturally allows you to care so much more about the characters and what they're doing. I've seen a lot of great films in the 3-4 hour range and the duration has never been an issue; instead it's a positive and gives the films more of an identity. Even this film at 6 hours I didn't want to end because it was so engaging. I could sit through another 6 hours.