O Incêndio de Cartago

Don't be fooled by the official running time of the movie which is 107 minutes.

The actual runtime is around 56 minutes as far as goes the title of this movie.

To be more precise this film starts with what u expect the conflict between carthage and rome but after like first 14 minutes it changes direction and u witness events and love affairs which have very little to do with the actual plot of the film and then suddenly arround 42 minutes before the end of the film we get back on track and we witness the events which led to the destruction of carthage by general scipio and the romans.

What's important for this film is that it based on actual events and the story we hear as to the causes that led the romans destroy carthage are all true and it's a great depiction of events as we even see how the romans burned the city destroying it limb from limb.

So for you who really want to see these events just skip the film between the 14th minute and the 65th minute and watch only the beginning until the 14th minute and then fast forward the dvd up until the 65th minute in to the film and lose nothing of importance.

Why they did that in the film i dunno and it was weird but this is the only film about the third punic war not to miss.