First the good news, the film has first rate cinematography and production quality. The locations are stunning and unfortunately the only redeeming quality of this opus. The ongoing story lines competing for attention lack context. Emotional and apparently important plot developments happen out of nowhere, leaving the viewer shaking your head wondering if I missed something. The answer is no, you haven't missed something, it's just a ham fisted edit on a film that probably was running 6 hours and stuff just had to go, damn the consequences....