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Bosley Crowther, New York Times: Thanks to the simplicity of its filming and the sympathetic musical score Renzo Rossellini has affixed, it sends one forth from the theatre feling kindlier towards his fellow man. Read more
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: Rossellini's buoyant 1950 masterpiece is a glorious hallucination of perfect harmony between man and nature. Read more