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Highlighting the star's intricate choreography, the Independent, awarded four stars, saying "melancholy, oddly intimate" performance "frequently leaves you breathless."

Critics have welcomed the film's unique visual style, calling it "disarmingly joyous" and "oddly charming" - but they've also questioned one of the film's big omissions.

For Rossellini, now based in New York City, shooting in Rome was oddly exciting, especially the days spent in the famed Cinecittà Studios.

As he put the pieces back together, Jones said he felt oddly renewed, as if he’d undergone a spiritual cleansing.

The mid-day sun felt summer hot, and there was little movement despite a dense line of town houses that were either glaring white or oddly dark; the effect was like a mouth with missing teeth.