Melchionna was really able to deal with this argument never saw in this manner so exhaustive in cinema! You are watching a movie about suicide, and you realize you're laughing, so you reflect about the meaning of what is occurring and you look for an explanation for your cheerfulness while a man is suffering and is going to die... The contrast between mirth and sadness is so obvious that you must ask yourself how is possible for a man to prefer suicide to the desire to carry on... Director shows a lot of little reasons to arrive to this choose, directly or indirectly, like failure in work, disappointment in his own dream, the oppression of a family who doesn't understand you, superficial friends... Finally, you are building your idea of the reasons which make you decide that's over, and you're asking yourself: is it really so simple to judge someone who refuses to live of hope? You don't mind if at the end that man will die or will change his mind: what's important is the reactions of people that enclose him, both acquaintance and foreign. This is what make this title a masterpiece!