EWTN just ran this movie in two parts and I cannot praise it highly enough. The broad and scope of the story seems like something out of a Dickens' novel. Giuseppe Muscati was a real life doctor who dedicated his all to short life to helping the poor. His best friend takes the easier path to title and money and Muscati treats so many without money that he is forced to sell everything he owns to provide for those less fortunate. The film just took my breath away. The message of hope and faith or something I need badly now, as my devout mother passed away recently and I have been trying to return to the childhood Catholicism of my youth. At the age of sixty-two, it is not easy. This example of a man who lived a life of extraordinary goodness gives me hope of the possibility of salvation.
