| Blow to the Heart | |
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| Directed by | Gianni Amelio |
| Written by | Vincenzo Cerami |
| Story by | Gianni Amelio |
| Starring | Jean-Louis Trintignant Laura Morante |
| Cinematography | Tonino Nardi |
| Music by | Franco Piersanti |
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| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Blow to the Heart (Italian: Colpire al cuore) is a 1982 Italian drama film directed by Gianni Amelio. The film entered the competition at the 39th Venice Film Festival. Fausto Rossi won a Silver Ribbon and a David di Donatello as best new actor. The film also won the Silver Ribbon for best script. It was described as a "masterful psychological study investigating two profoundly different characters". A teenage son of a university professor discovers his father's secret life and begins keeping his father under surveillance after one of his father's friends dies in a terrorist shoot-out.
Plot
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Cast
- Jean-Louis Trintignant as Dario
- Fausto Rossi as Emilio
- Laura Morante as Giulia
- Sonia Gessner as Emilio's mother
- Vanni Corbellini as Sandro Ferrari
- Laura Nucci as Dario's mother
- Matteo Cerami as Matteo
See also
References
- Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 2000. ISBN 887742429X.
- ^ Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.
- Svet Atanasov (May 1, 2007). "DVD Video Reviews - Blow to the Heart". DVD Talk. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
External links
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